Moon Phases / Space Science

What is this phase?

• New Moon

• Crescent

• Quarter

• Gibbous

• Full Moon

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Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?

• At the Bottom

• At the Left

• At the Top

• At The Right

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What phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• last quarter

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What moon phase is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• last quarter

• full moon

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When the entire moon is visible. Happens half way through the lunar cycle only .

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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First phase of the lunar cycle; not visible and it's often represented by a black circle.

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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Why does the moon look different each night?

• the moon orbits the earth so it is in a different spot each night

• the earth orbits the moon so it is in a different spot each night

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The image shows how the moon looks during the lunar cycle. The moon will look this way again in about -

• one week

• one month

• one year

• one century

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What does waning mean?

• light of moon appears to get BIGGER

• light of moon appears to get SMALLER

• when a moon is in the crescent phase

• when the moon is in a gibbous phase

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What does waxing mean?

• light of moon appears to get BIGGER

• light of moon appears to get SMALLER

• moon is in crescent phase

• moon is in gibbous phase

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