Task 5 - Moon Phases/Eclipses

Is the Moon bigger or smaller than the Earth?

• Bigger

• The same

• Smaller

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

• waxing

• new

• waning

• eclipse

What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Half Moon

What Moon phase is this?

• old moon

• New Moon

• Far Side of the Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

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

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

What is illuminating the Moon?

• Nuclear Fusion

• Mirrors

• Sunlight

• Flood Lights

A solar eclipse only happens during a ____ moon.

• New

• Gibbous

• Crescent

• Full

A lunar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• 3rd Quarter

• 1st Quarter

Name the moon phase.

• waning crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

Name the moon phase.

• waning crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous