Lunar Cycle - Moon Phases - Eclipses

About how many days does it take the moon to go through a complete cycle?

• 7 days

• 365 days

• 29 days

• 20 days

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When the visible (lit) portion of the moon is increasing, the moon is:

• waning

• full

• waxing

• new

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

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

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

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Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?

• because the phases change

• because it rotates and revolves at the same rate

• because half of the moon always receives sunlight

• The moon changes positions

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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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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Cresent

• Gibbous

• Full

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When the Moon is between the Earth and Sun, what is the phase?

• Full
• New
• Quarter
• Crescent

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Waning is:

• Increasing light 
• Decreasing light
• High Tide
• Low tide 

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Name the moon phase

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

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The moon ____________ around the Earth.

• revoloves

• rotates

• revolves

• revoves

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