Moon Phases and Eclipses

Is the Moon bigger or small than the Earth?

• Bigger
• Smaller
• The same

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Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse

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What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon
• Waxing Gibbous
• New Moon
• Half Moon

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What Moon phase is this?

• Old Moon
• Far Side of the Moon
• New Moon
• Waxing Gibbous

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Which of the following is most responsible for the changing of seasons on Earth?

• Orbit of the Earth around the Sun

• Tilt of the axis of Earth

• Rotation of the Sun

• Rotation of the Earth

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counterclockwise
• upwards
• downwards

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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If Katherine wanted to represent a solar eclipse, at what position should she place the Moon?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse

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What is illuminating the Moon?

• Nuclear Fusion
• Sunlight
• Mirrors
• Flood Lights

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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