The Moon, Sun, and Earth

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

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What is the source of the moon's light?

• Earth

• the sun

• the moon

• Mars

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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Name the moon phase

• Waning Crescent
• Last Quarter or (third quarter)
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

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

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

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The spinning of the earth on its axis that causes day and night is called

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

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It takes about _____ for the earth to complete one rotation.

• 28 days

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

• 365 days

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The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:

• Left Side
• Right Side

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What is the correct order of the moon phases?

• new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter

• new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, 3rd quarter

• 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, new moon, full moon

• new, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full

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