moon phases

A space object spinning is...

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

A space object goes around another object is...

• Rotation

• Revolution

• Axis

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What causes moon phases? (SELECT TWO ANSWERS)

• The earth's shadow

• The moon revolving around the earth

• The moon reflects light from the sun

• The rotation of the moon

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When the lit part of the moon is getting bigger, we call that ...

• Waxing

• Waning

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When the lit part of the moon is getting smaller, we call that ...

• Waxing

• Waning

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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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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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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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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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Name the moon phase

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

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