Lunar Cycle

What is this phase?

• Waxing Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• First Quarter

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Which phases are waning?

• 1 & 2
• 2 & 4
• 4 & 5
• 5 & 1

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What moon phase will be observed after the waning crescent?

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What phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• last quarter

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The moon is shrinking/getting smaller and light is on the left.

• Waxing
• Waning

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When the entire moon is visible. Happens half way through the lunar cycle only .

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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The lunar cycle takes 29.5 days

• True
• False

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What direction does the moon orbit the earth?

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

The image shows how the moon looks during the lunar cycle. The moon will look this way again in about -

• one week

• one month

• one year

• one century

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Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?

• At the Bottom

• At the Left

• At the Top

• At The Right

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