Moon Phases Flocab quiz

True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.

• true

• false

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When the moon waxes, it ________.

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  A. goes from a new moon to a full moon

• B. seems to get bigger in size

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  C. goes from a full moon back to a new moon

• A and B only

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What is a way of describing how the moon looks during the quarter phase?

• invisible

• pizza pie

• half circle

• thin banana

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When the moon wanes, it ________.

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  A. goes from a new moon to a full moon

• B. goes from a full moon back to a new moon

• C. seems to get smaller in size

• 
  B and C only

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What happens right after the full moon phase?

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  The moon becomes new.

• The moon goes through its phases in the reverse order.

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  The moon seems to disappear in the sky.

• The moon starts to wax.

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What is the correct order of the first five phases of the moon?

• 
  new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

• new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full

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  full, crescent, quarter, gibbous, new

• 
  full, quarter, gibbous, crescent, new

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What is true of a new moon?

• The moon appears invisible.

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  You can see about half the moon.

• The moon looks like a pizza pie.

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  It's the second phase of the moon.

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Which phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• new

• crescent

• quarter

• gibbous

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Which phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• full

• gibbous

• quarter

• crescent

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Why does the moon appear bigger than the planets and stars?

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  The lack of atmosphere on the moon makes it look bigger.

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  In reality, the moon is much bigger than the planets and stars.

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  The planets and stars are farther away.

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  The moon's gravity makes it look bigger.