8th science ch. 11 lesson 3

• The moon’s light ____________.

• comes from the sun

• is produced by the moon itself

• is a reflection of the light coming from earth

Light from the sun is reflected from the moon.

• true

• false, the moon produces its own light

• The moon ________.

• orbits the earth

• orbits the sun

• The entire moon is illuminated at a time.

• true

• false, half the moon

The moon rotates once on its axis in the same time it takes to revolve ______ around Earth.

• once

• twice

• three times

1 day on moon = ________ on Earth

• 1 month

• 1 year

• 1 week

• 1 day

• The changing relative positions of the moon, Earth, and sun cause _______.

• the phases of the moon

• the seasons in a year

• the equinoxes

• the solstices

Why do we see the moon from different angles?

• because the moon orbits the earth

• because the earth revolves around the sun

• because the moon orbits the sun

The moon appears to change shape based on _______.

• which illuminated side we see

• which side of the earth is facing the sun

• which direction the sun is spinning

• which direction the earth is facing

• ​ (a)   - we see more of the moon's illuminated side (it grows)

​ (b)   - we see less of the illuminated side (it shrinks)

• Waxing
• Waning