Earth, Moon, & Sun Quiz 1

What phase of the Moon occurs when the Moon is completely illuminated by the Sun as seen from Earth?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

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Which phase of the Moon comes right after the New Moon?

• First Quarter

• Full Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

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During which phase of the Moon can a lunar eclipse occur?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

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What is the term for when the Moon becomes more illuminated?

• Waning

• Waxing

• Eclipsing

• Occluding

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What causes the different phases of the Moon?

• The Moon's shadow on the Earth

• The Earth's shadow on the Moon

• The Moon's rotation around the Earth

• The relative positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth

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What phase of the Moon occurs when the Moon is halfway between a New Moon and a Full Moon?

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waning Gibbous

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Which of the following best describes why we see a dark side and a light side of the Moon from Earth?

• The Moon generates its own light on one side

• The Sun only illuminates half of the Moon at any given time

• The Earth casts a shadow on the Moon

• The Moon has a permanent dark side that never faces the Sun

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What phase of the Moon is visible when the Moon is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

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When the Moon gets less and less light

• Waxing

• Waning

• Creeping

• Gibbousing

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What phase of the Moon is it when we cannot see the Moon at all from Earth?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Third Quarter

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