Unit 2 - Earth, Moon, Sun

What moon phase is occurring What moon phase is occurring at position 1?at position 1?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 4?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 7?

• First Quarter

• Last (Third) Quarter

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 8?

• First Quarter

• Last (Third) Quarter

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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Sometimes the moon looks like a crescent. At other times, the moon looks like a half circle. What makes it possible for you to see the surface of the moon from Earth?

• The moon gives off its own light.

      

• Light from Earth is reflected by the moon's surface.

• Light from the sun is reflected by the moon's surface.

• The moon absorbs sunlight during the day and glows at night.

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The phase of the moon you see depends on....

• Where you are on Earth

• How much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth

• How much of the moon’s surface is lit by the sun

• Whether or not an eclipse is occurring

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The amount of the lighted side of the moon you can see is the same during what 2 phases?

• New moon and full moon phases

• New moon and first quarter phases

• First quarter and third quarter phases

• Full moon and third quarter phases

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What causes a lunar eclipse to occur?

• The sun’s shadow falls on Earth.

• Earth’s shadow falls on the moon.

• The moon’s shadow falls on Earth.

• The moon’s shadow falls on the sun.

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In order for a lunar or solar eclipse to occur what needs to happen?

• The Sun and Earth need to be near each other

• The Sun, Moon and Earth are in a straight line

• The Sun, Moon and Earth form a triangle

• The Sun and Moon are really far apart

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Which moon position would cause a Solar Eclipse?

• Position A

• Position B

• Position C

• Position D

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