Moon Phases

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

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

How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

The path of an object in space around another object is a(n)

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

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

• 28 days

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

• 365 days

What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

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