Moon phases LOES

When the lighted part of the Moon that you see is slowly getting bigger; it is

• Waning

• Waxing

• Full

• New

About how many days does it take the moon to go through one lunar cycle?

• About 20 days

• About 29 days

• About 30 days

• About 365 days

Which of the following shows the moon in the Full Moon phase?

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When the moon goes from a new moon to a full moon phase, you see____

• The moon's light decreasing

• The moons light increasing

• the same amount of the lighted side of the moon

• nothing but darkness

The different shapes of the moon are called the moon's

• shapes

• circles

• phases

• changes

When the lighted portion of the moon that you see is slowly getting smaller; it is

• full

• waning

• new

• waxing

what phase is the moon in when you can see it completely illuminated?

• Waxing crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• New moon

• Full moon

What phase is the moon in when you cannot see it at all?

• New moon

• full moon

• first quarter

• waning crescent

The moon's revolution and rotation both take approximately _______ days

• 20

• 29

• 30

• 365

If you looked at the Moon's surface through a telescope, you would see________

• flat desert like land

• seas of water

• craters, pits, and scars

• a smooth surface