Moon Phases

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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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counterclockwise
• upwards
• downwards

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
• Completely illuminated
• dark side is facing earth
• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon visible
• More than half of moon visible
• All of moon visible
• None of moon visible

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define New Moon

• None of moon is visible from Earth
• All of moon visible from Earth
• Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth
• Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define Quarter Moon

• None of moon visible
• Less than Half the moon is visible
• More than half of moon is visible
• Half of the moon is visible

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name this moon phase

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In which moon phase, can the moon not be seen at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name this moon phase

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1