Moon phases

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth
• the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun
• The tilt of Earth
• how fast the moon is moving

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The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counterclockwise
• upwards
• downwards

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What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the full moon phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
• This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
• This is the first quarter moon phase.

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What moon phase is this picture?

• This is the waning crescent phase.
• This is the waxing gibbous phase.
• This is the waning gibbous phase.
• This is the new moon phase.

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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During the phases of the Moon, the Moon appears to change shape.  This change in appearance is due to the Moon...

• physically changing size and shape.
• moving closer and then farther away from Earth.
• reflecting a different amount of light due to alignment with Earth and the Sun.
• having craters on its surface.

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What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

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The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

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