Sky Science Unit Test-Gr. 6

What Moon phase is shown here if the sun is shining from the right side of the picture?

• Waxing

• Waxing Crecent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

What moon phase is pictured here, if the sunlight is shining from the right side of the photo?

• Waning Crecent

• Waxing Crecent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

What moon phase is pictured if the sun is coming from the right?

• 3rd Quarter

• 2nd Quarter

• Half Moon

• First Quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is it call when you see more light in the moon (greater than a semicircle and less than a circle)?

• Gibbous

• Waxing

• Waning

• Crescent

On what day(s) would I find a Waning Gibbous?

• Day 23 only

• Days 23-28

• Days 30-1

• Day 31 only

Name the phase of the moon for letter f (*the sun is shining from the right)

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

The moon makes a complete revolution around Earth approximately once each

• day

• week

• year

• month

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

If the position marked W on the diagram above represents the constellation Cepheus in June, then the position marked Y represents the constellation Cepheus in

• March

• May

• September

• December

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which of the following diagrams shows the orientation of Earth when it is summer in Canada? (*the sun is shining from the left)

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One similarity between asteroids and ___________ is that both ___________ light

• stars, emit

• stars, reflect

• comets, emit

• meteorites, reflect