Lunar STAAR Question Exam

The diagram above shows the orbit of the moon around Earth. At which point in the moom's orbit will a person standing on Earth see a waxing crescent moon?

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The diagram above shows 4 phases of the moon as it revolves around Earth. A student builds a model based on this diagram. The student uses foam balls to represent the moon & Earth & a flashlight to represent the sun. The student should shine the flashlight on the model of Earth from position---

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A student keeps a record of the moon for one month. On the first night of the students's observations, the full moon is visible in the sky . After the full moon, which of these phases will the student observe next?

• Waxing crescent moon

• Waxing gibbous moon

• Waning crescent moon

• Waning gibbous moon

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Some students used records from the U.S. Naval Observatory to make the table shown of a % of the moon that was visible on each night in Jan. 2011. Based on these data, what part of the lunar cycle occurred between Jan. 5 & Jan. 7?

• Waxing crescent moon

• Waning crescent moon

• Full moon

• New Moon

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The moon reflects different amounts of sunlight onto Earth at different times. This reflected sunlight is commonly called moonlight. The graph shows the intensity of moonlight at different times in a lunar cycle.

Which moon phase most likely occurs at the time in the cycle represented by an X on the graph?

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A phase of the moon is shown . Which pair of diagram shows the moon's phase immediately before and immediately after this phase?

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On July 4, 1776, the Americancolonies declared their independence. The table shows the lunar phases for June 1776. What lunar phase occurred on July 4, 1776?

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning crescent

• Waxing crescent

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A student most complete the column of the table that lists the dates of the full moon. What are the most likely dates of the full moon?

• Feb. 5, March 7, April 5, May 4

• Feb. 15, March 17, April 15, May 14

• Feb. 25, March 27, April 25, May 24

• Feb. 29, March 21, April 29, May 28

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A student uses paper & fasteners to create a model of Earth, the sun, and the moon. The sun & Earth are attached to the paper background, while the moon is free to revolve around Earth. Which diagram shown the objects arranged so that a new moon would be visible from Earth.

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The diagram shows 4 consecutive moon phases. Which of the following diagrams shows the next 4 moon phases  in the correct order?

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