Lunar Cycle

What does it mean if the moon waxes

• It is getting bigger

• It is visibly getting smaller

• It is visibly getting bigger

• It is getting smaller

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What moon phase is this

• Full moon

• New moon

• No moon

• Waxing gibbous

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Why do we see the moon in different phases like New moon and Full moon?

• When the moon orbits Earth, the sun lights up half the moon and we see different parts of that one side, creating different phases

• It orbits earth at a tilt

• Our eyes see the moon's lit up side at different angles

• It goes around earth

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What comes after this moon phase

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning crescent

• Waning quarter

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The moon is always half lit up

• True

• False

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After this moon phase comes...

• New moon

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning crescent

• Waning gibbous

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What lights up the moon

• Earth

• Sun

• Subatomic space particles

• Itself

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What does it mean if the moon wanes

• It is getting smaller

• It is getting visibly bigger

• It is getting bigger

• It is getting visibly smaller

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How is the sun able to hit the moon at different angles

• The Earth orbits around the Moon

• Because it orbits around Earth

• The moon gets closer and farther from the sun

• The sun moves around Earth

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What moon phase is this?

• Waxing crescent

• Waning crescent

• Almost quarter moon

• Waning gibbous

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