Phases of moon Strobl

The moon has its own light.

• True

• False

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Where does the moon's light come from?

• Earth

• Mars

• Sunlight reflects off the moon's surface

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What keeps the moon in its orbit?

• The sun's gravity

• Itself

• Gravity between the moon and Earth

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What is called when the lighted half of the moon directly faces Earth?

• full moon

• half moon

• crescent moon

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

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About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?

• 65 days
• 8 days
• 365 days
• 28 days

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Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?

• Waning crescent
• Full moon
• Waxing gibbous
• New moon

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Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing
• waning
• new
• eclipse

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Name the moon phase

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

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Name the moon phase

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

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