Moon Phases & Eclipses

Is the Moon bigger or smaller than the Earth?

• Bigger

• The same

• Smaller

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

• waxing

• new

• waning

• eclipse

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What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Half Moon

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What Moon phase is this?

• old moon

• New Moon

• Far Side of the 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

• Rotation of the Sun

• Tilt of axis of Earth

• Rotation of the Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The Moon orbits Earth in a _______ direction.

• clockwise

• upwards

• counterclockwise

• downwards

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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

• Mirrors

• Sunlight

• Flood Lights

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ____ moon.

• New

• Gibbous

• Crescent

• Full

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the eclipse.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

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