Lunar Cycle

What is this phase?

• Waxing Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• First Quarter

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Which phases are waxing?

• 1 and 2
• 2 and 3
• 3 and 4
• 4 and 5

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What will be the moon phase 7 nights later?

• F
• G
• H
• J

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Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?

• At the Bottom

• At the Left

• At the Top

• At The Right

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What would the moon look like 15 days after this one?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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What moon phase will be observed after the waning crescent?

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What phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• last quarter

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The lunar cycle takes 29.5 days

• True
• False

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Why does the moon look different each night?

• the moon orbits the earth so it is in a different spot each night

• the earth orbits the moon so it is in a different spot each night

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Why doesn't the Earth block out the light between the sun and a full moon every month?

• the moon's orbit is tilted

• the earth is much too small to block the light from the sun

• the earth is never between the sun and moon during a normal month

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