Earth Motion and Moon

What moon phase is this with the light increasing? 

• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous
• waning crescent
• waning gibbous

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The _____ is the inner darker shadow of en eclipse.

• penumbra

• umbra

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The _____ is the outer lighter shadow of en eclipse.

• penumbra

• umbra

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What moon phase is this? 

• new moon 
• full moon
• waxing crescent
• waning crescent

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Densely pitted, light-colored areas on the moon are called ____________.

• Craters
• Maria
• Highlands/

  anorthosites

• Crescents

______________ are regions of dark, smooth, ancient beds of basaltic lava.

• Highlands
• Maria
• Craters
• Meteorites

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When the moon appears to be growing larger, the moon is ______________.

• Waxing
• Waning

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What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

• all of it
• the same side
• none of it
• only one quarter

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One complete revolution of the Earth around the sun takes ____ days.

• 364 days

• 366.25

• 365.25

• 365.5

The Earth takes about __________________ hours to complete one rotation of its axis.  

• 12
• 24
• 14
• 28