Monon Phases Vocabulary

About how many days does it take to moon to go through a complete cycle?

• 7 days
• 365 days
• 29 days
• 20 days

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases
• eclipses
• stages
• cycle

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

How long does it take the moon to complete an orbit around Earth?

• 23 days
• 29 days (1 month)
• 2 weeks (half a month)
• 365 days (a year)

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Define Gibbous

• Less than half of moon visible
• More than half of moon visible
• All of moon visible
• None of moon visible

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define New Moon

• None of moon is visible from Earth
• All of moon visible from Earth
• Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth
• Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Define Quarter Moon

• None of moon visible
• Less than Half the moon is visible
• More than half of moon is visible
• Half of the moon is visible

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the moon phase

• Waxing Gibbous
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Crescent
• Waning Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Name the moon phase

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waxing Gibbous

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:

• Left Side
• Right Side

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1