Moon phases

What phase of the moon does the photo show?

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning gibbous

• New moon

• Waxing crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How much of the moon is visible during a new moon

• Half of the moon

• All of the moon

• One quarter of the moon

• None of the moon

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What phase of the moon is this?

• Waxing crescent

• Waxing gibbous

• First quarter

• Waning crescent

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

This moon is half lit. What phase is the moon?

• Waning crescent

• Firth quarter

• New moon

• Third quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which phase of the moon occurs between the sun and the earth when no part of the moon is visibly lit from earth?

• Full moon

• First quarter

• Third quarter

• New moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define waning

• The moon is increasing in light

• The moon is less than half lit

• The moon is decreasing in light

• The moon is more than half lit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define waxing

• The moon is increasing in light

• The moon is decreasing in light

• The moon is more than half lit

• The moon is less than half lit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define crescent

• The moon is increasing in light

• The moon is decreasing in light

• The moon is more than half lit

• The moon is less than half lit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define gibbous

• The moon is increasing in light

• The moon is decreasing in light

• The moon is more than half lit

• The moon is less than half lit

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which direction does the moon orbit around the earth?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise