Moon Phases Quiz

About how many days does it take the moon to go through its cycle?

• 5

• 10

• 21

• 28

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When the part of the moon that you can see appears to be shrinking or decreasing, it is ________.

• waning

• waxing

• full

• new

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The different shapes of the moon are called the moon’s ________.

• shapes

• circles

• phases

• changes

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From the new moon to the full moon phase you see…

• a decreasing amount of the lighted side of the moon

• an increasing amount of the lighted side of the moon

• more of the lighted side, then less of the lighted side

• the same amount of the lighted side of the moon

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It takes 365 days for Earth to ______ around the Sun.

• revolve

• rotate

• phase

• waxing

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It takes ________ for Earth to rotate around its axis.

• 24 hours

• 365 days

• 48 hours

It takes 365 days for Earth to revolve around the sun.

• True

• False

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The sun is rotating while the Earth stays stationary.

• True

• False

The sun appears to be stationary because the Earth rotates around.

• True

• False

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Winter occurs when the Earth’s axis is tilted away from the sun’s rays.

• True

• False

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