Quiz about Phases of the Moon

Question 1

Is the Moon bigger or small than the Earth?

Accepted Answer

Smaller

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Bigger

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The same

Question 2

The Moon gets its light from the

Accepted Answer

Sun

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Earth

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Stars

Question 3

Why does the Moon have different phases?

Accepted Answer

It moves around the Earth.

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It follows the Sun around the Earth.

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It moves around the Sun.

Question 4

We can see the light shining on the Moon during the New Moon Phase.

Accepted Answer

False

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True

Question 5

How many phases of the moon are there?

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eight

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four

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ten

Question 6

How long does it take the moon to go around the Earth?

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29 days

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26 days

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1 year

Question 7

The moon rotates around the _____.

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Earth

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sun

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the planets

Question 8

What is the name of this phase?

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Full Moon

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1st quarter

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Waning Gibbous

Question 9

What is the name of this phase?

Accepted Answer

waxing crescent

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3rd quarter

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New Moon

Question 10

What is the name of this phase?

Accepted Answer

New Moon

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3rd quarter

Answer

waxing crescent

Question 11

The moon revolves around Earth about once every...

Accepted Answer

29 Days (One Month)

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24 Hours

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365 1/4 Days (One Year)

Question 12

What does "waxing" mean?

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growing

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shrinking

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lighted

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dark

Question 13

What does "waning" mean?

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shrinking

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growing

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lighted

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dark

Question 14

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

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waning

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swelling

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waxing

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disappearing

Question 15

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

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New moon

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Waning crescent

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Full moon

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Waxing gibbous

Question 16

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

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waxing

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waning

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new

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eclipse

Question 17

Changes in the moon's appearance are

Accepted Answer

phases

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eclipses

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stages

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cycle

Phases of the Moon

17 questions

Is the Moon bigger or small than the Earth?

The Moon gets its light from the

Why does the Moon have different phases?

We can see the light shining on the Moon during the New Moon Phase.

How many phases of the moon are there?

How long does it take the moon to go around the Earth?

The moon rotates around the _____.

What is the name of this phase?

What is the name of this phase?

What is the name of this phase?

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