Moon Phases

The image is showing which moon phase from Earth?

• Full Moon

• 1st Quarter

• 3rd Quarter

• New Moon

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Use the diagram to determine how many moon phases there are.

• 4

• 8

• 28

• 30

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According to the diagram, which moon phase comes after the Full Moon? (Hint: the sun is shining from the right. Look at the arrows in the center part of the diagram.)

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The diagram shows which phase of the moon from Earth?

• Full Moon

• 1st Quarter

• New Moon

• 3rd Quarter

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Which moon phase comes before the 1st Quarter? Use the diagram to make you choice.

• Waxing Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• New Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

From Earth, which phase of the moon is being displayed in the diagram?

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• 1st Quarter

• Full Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is the term for the moon as it is growing from a New Moon into a Full Moon?

• rotation

• crescent

• gibbous

• waxing

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The word gibbous refers to . . .

• the moon when there is no visible moon.

• the moon being greater than half lighted.

• the 1st quarter moon.

• the 3rd quarter moon.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The term for the moon as the lighted side (left side) decreases from a Full Moon to a New Moon.

• Waning

• Waxing

• Crescent

• Gibbous

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Which moon phase is shown?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Full Moon

• Waning Crescent

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