AA-Phases of the Moon

The side of the Moon that faces Earth is always the same. True or False?

• True

• False

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Fill in the blank: The Moon's phases are caused by the way the Sun illuminates different parts of the Moon as it moves around ____.

• Earth

• Mars

• Jupiter

• Venus

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During a new moon, the side of the Moon that faces Earth is ____.

• Bright

• Dark

• Partially illuminated

• Fully illuminated

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Many cultures use the new moon to mark the beginning of ____.

• A new year

• A new month

• A new week

• A new day

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What is the significance of the new moon in many cultures?

• It marks the beginning of a new year

• It marks the beginning of a new month

• It marks the beginning of a new week

• It marks the beginning of a new day.

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The crescent moon appears as a ____.

• Full circle

• Half circle

• Small sliver

• Large disk

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What phase follows the new moon?

• Full moon

• Crescent moon

• Half moon

• Gibbous moon

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Fill in the blank: During a gibbous moon phase, the side of the Moon facing Earth is almost, but not quite, completely _______.

• dark

• illuminated

• invisible

• shadowed

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Fill in the blank: In the quarter moon phase, the Moon looks like a _______ from Earth.

• full circle

• half-circle

• crescent

• gibbous

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Fill in the blank: During a gibbous moon phase, we see _______ of the illuminated half.

• none

• some

• almost all

• all

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