Moon Phases and the Seasons

Changes in the Moon's appearance are called

• ellipses

• stages

• phases

• cycles

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What causes the Moon's phases?

• Where you are located on Earth

• The tilt of Earth

• The amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• How quickly the moon is moving

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How many phases of the moon are there?

• 4

• 6

• 8

• 12

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What does waxing mean?

• Moon appears to be getting larger

• Moon appears to be getting smaller

• Moon is completely illuminated

• Moon is missing

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What does waning mean?

• Moon appears to be getting larger

• Moon appears to be getting smaller

• Moon is completely illuminated

• Moon is missing

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How long does the average moon cycle last?

• 24 hours

• 7 days

• 28 days

• 365 days

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The spinning of Earth on it's axis, causing day and night, is called:

• rotation

• revolution

• orbit

• traveling

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Earth completes one of these around the Sun every year

• rotation

• revolution

• visit

• ellipse

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How long does it take for Earth to complete one complete revolution around the sun?

• 356 days

• 365 1/4 days

• 635 days

• 635 1/4 days

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Which phase of the moon comes after the new moon?

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

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