Ashley Science Moon Phases

The moon looks changes shape.

The different shapes are called .....

• phases

• crescent

• gibbous

• waxing

The moon is further away from the Sun than the Earth.

We see lots of the light side and only a little dark side.

This phase is called a ............... moon.

• gibbous

• quarter

• crescent

• waxing

The moon is the same distance away from the Sun as Earth,

We see half of each side.

This phase is called a first ............... moon because it is a quarter of the way around its orbit.

• quarter

• waxing

• gibbous

• crescent

When the moon is closer to the Sun than Earth, we see only a little of the light side and lots of the dark side.

This phase is called a ................ moon.

• crescent

• gibbous

• waxing

• quarter

When the light side of the moon is getting bigger, we say the moon is ​​ ​ (a)   .

When it is getting smaller, we say the moon is ​​ (b)  

• waxing
• waning.

The Earth has a ................ and a ........

• northerns hemisphere

• southern hemisphere

• pole

Match the following

• Waxing Crescent

• 
• New Moon

• 
• First quarter

• 
• Full Moon

• 
• Waning gibbous

• 

Match the following

• Last quarter

• 
• First Quarter

• 
• Waxing crescent

• 
• Waning gibbous

• 

The Earth and the Moon are both spheres.

• True

• False

The moon is larger than the Earth.

• True

• False