The Moon Quiz

What is the phenomenon called when the same side of the Moon always faces the Earth?

• Moon Formation

• Tidal Locking

• NASA's Tour of the Moon

• Astronauts Falling on the Moon

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What is the Terminator? (In Astronomy terms)

• A fictional cyborg

• Better than Robocop

• The line going across the moon that separates the day and night side

• After Sarah Connor

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What is this moon's shape?

• New Moon

• Crescent

• Gibbous

• Full Moon

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What is the leading hypothesis of how the moon formed?

• Lunar Hypothesis

• Collision Theory

• Crash Hypothesis

• Giant Impact Theory

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Which phase is this?

• Gibbous

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter/Half

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Is this phase waxing or waning?

• Waxing

• Waning

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The moon is farthest from the Earth at ...

• Perigee

• Apogee

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What moon phase is this?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• 1st Quarter/half

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Which surface features appear dark, smooth, and are filled with ancient basaltic lava?

• rilles

• craters

• maria

• highlands

Which phase of the moon is this?

• Last Quarter/Half

• New Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

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