Astronomy Quiz 3

What is this moon phase?

• waxing crescent

• 1st quarter

• waning gibbous

• 3rd quarter

What is this moon phase?

• 1st quarter

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

What is this moon phase?

• 3rd quarter

• 1st quarter

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

What is the order of the moon phases?

• full moon, waxing gibbous, 1st quarter, waxing crescent, new moon, waning crescent, 3rd quarter, waning gibbous

• new moon, waxing crescent, 1st quarter, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter, waning crescent

• new moon, 1st quarter, waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning crescent, waning gibbous, 3rd quarter

• new moon, waning crescent, 3rd quarter, waning gibbous, full moon, waxing gibbous, 1st quarter, waxing crescent

What does waxing mean?

• illumination is getting smaller on the left

• illumination is getting smaller on the right

• illumination is getting bigger on the left

• illumination is getting bigger on the right

What does waning mean?

• illumination is getting bigger on the right

• illumination is getting smaller on the left

• illumination is getting smaller on the right

• illumination is getting bigger on the left

What causes moon phases?

• The moon is half illuminated by the sun and as it orbits the earth, we see different amounts of that illumination.

• Mrs. Jacobson causes moon phases.

• The moon is always completely illuminated by the sun and as it rotates we see some of it.

• The moon is never illuminated by the sun and as it spins around we see none of it.

How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 27.3

What is illuminating the Moon?

• Nuclear Fusion
• Sunlight
• Mirrors
• Flood Lights

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise
• counterclockwise
• upwards
• downwards