Solar / Lunar Eclipses - Moon Phases

A natural satellite that revolves around a planet.

• Lunar

• Phases

• Crescent

• Moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Waxing means...

• getting larger

• getting smaller

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Waning means...

• Getting bigger

• Getting smaller

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Match the following

• full moon

• 
• first quarter

• 
• Waning crescent

• 
• new moon

• 
• waxing crescent

• 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Which moon phase is this?

• new moon

• full moon

• third quarter

• first quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What is this moon phase?

• waxing crescent

• 1st quarter

• waning gibbous

• 3rd quarter

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does crescent mean?

• fully illuminated

• half illuminated

• more than half illuminated

• less than half illuminated

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What does gibbous mean?

• more than half illuminated

• half illuminated

• less than half illuminated

• no illumination

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1