Moon Quiz

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

• 7 days
• 365 days
• 29 days
• 20 days

When the visible (light) portion of the moon is growing, the moon is:

• waning

• full

• waxing

• new

When the Earth is between the moon and sun, it is most likely a___________ (look at the diagram to think about the part of the moon we see).

• new moon

• full moon

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

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 the lighted part we see changes as the Moon and Earth move.

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

The moon is covered in round pits called

• craters
• highlands
• mountains
• seas

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�

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon is lit up.

• More than half of moon is lit up.

• All of moon is lit up.

• None of moon is lit up.

Define Full Moon

• None of moon is visible
• Half moon phase is visible
• Complete�moon face�is visible
• Less Than half of moon is visible�

Define New Moon

• None of moon is visible from Earth
• All of moon visible from Earth
• Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth
• Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth