Earth-Moon-Sun Practice Quiz

Draw a picture of where the moon gets its light from.

Answer explanation

Did you draw the Sun?

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Except during a lunar eclipse, how much of the moon is always illuminated in space?

• None

• All

• Half

• More than half

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What direction does the Moon orbit around Earth and the Earth orbit around the Sun?

• Clockwise

• Counterclockwise

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What are the different appearances of the Moon when viewed from Earth called?

• Lunar Eclipse

• Solar Eclipse

• Moon Shape

• Moon Phases

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What is the border between light and dark on the Moon called?

• Terminal

• Terminator

• Illuminator

• Luminol

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What is the name of this moon phase?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

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What moon phase would come right AFTER this phase of the moon?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

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What is the name of this moon phase?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

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What is the name of the moon phase that would come right BEFORE this phase?

• Full Moon

• Waxing Quarter

• Waning Quarter

• New Moon

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What is the name of this moon phase?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waxing Quarter

• Waning Quarter

• Waning Crescent

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