Moon quiz 1

What is the term for the curved path around a celestial body, like the sun?

• to cast back light from a surface

• a natural body that revolves around a planet

• the figure of the moon in its first or last quarter

• curved path around a celestial body, like the sun

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What does the term "waxing" refer to in relation to the moon?

• to cast back light from a surface

• to increase in the amount of illumination

• turning around as on an axis

• the appearance of a moon at a particular time

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What is the term for the appearance of a moon at a particular time?

• phases

• satellite

• orbit

• rotation

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The moon is Earth's only natural what?

• satellite

• orbit

• crescent

• rotation

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How long does it take for the moon to travel around Earth?

• one week

• one month

• one year

• one day

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What are the different shapes of the moon that we see called?

• orbits

• satellites

• phases

• rotations

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What term describes the moon when it only shows a bit of the sunlit side of the moon?

• gibbous moon

• crescent moon

• full moon

• new moon

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What is the moon called when it is between a first-quarter moon and a gibbous moon?

• new moon

• full moon

• crescent moon

• waxing moon

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The moon is Earth’s only natural _______.

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 The moon makes one complete  ____________________________for each complete trip around Earth

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