"Moon Phases & Eclipses" Quiz 6E1.1

Sam drew what the Moon looked like just after sunset every third or fourth night. Her drawings for the nights she observed the Moon are shown below.

On Night 11 the clouds were so thick that Sam could not see the Moon. Based on the drawings for the other nights, what would Sam have seen on Night 11 if the sky were clear?

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Use the diagram.

When the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned in this way, what is the result?

• Very dark nights

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Vernal equinox

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When the people on Earth cannot see a moon, which phase is the moon in?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

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What type of solar eclipse occurs when only a portion of the Sun is blocked by the Moon?

• Total

• Partial

• Special

• Material

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When the lit side of the moon appears to get smaller, we say the moon is …?

• Waxing

• Rising

• Waning

• Warming

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Use the diagram. 

When the Sun, Earth and Moon are aligned in this way, what is the result?

• Very dark night

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Vernal Equinox

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When the lit side of the moon appears to get bigger, we say the moon is …?

• Waxing

• Rising

• Waning

• Warming

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A Lunar Eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Crescent

• Full

• Gibbous

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The Moon orbits around the Earth once in about ....

• 30 days

• 24 hours

• 7 days

• 365 days

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We do NOT have a Solar Eclipse or Lunar Eclipse each month because…

• The tilt of the moon's orbit is at 5 degrees.

• The moon is too small.

• The moon's orbital distance changes.

• None of these.

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