Phases of the Moon

The Moon shines because...

• The rocks and dust on the Moon's surface are radioactive.

• The Moon absorbs the light from the Sun and then slowly releases it again.

• The Moon reflects the light from the Sun.

• The Moon makes its own light.

One half of the Moon is always refelcting the Sun, even though we don't always see it that way from Earth.

• True

• False

Look at the calendar. On which date in June 2020 did the new moon appear in the Southern Hemisphere?

• 1st June

• 5th June

• 21st June

• 13th June

Look at the calendar. On which date in June 2020 did the full moon appear in the Southern Hemisphere?

• 1st June

• 5th June

• 21st June

• 13th June

Look at the image. When the moon is in position 5, the name of the phase visible from Earth is:

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First quarter

• Wazing gibbous

Look at the image. When the moon is in position 1, the name of the phase visible from Earth is:

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First quarter

• Wazing gibbous

Look at the image. When the moon is in position 3, the name of the phase visible from Earth is:

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First quarter

• Wazing gibbous

Why does the Moon have phases?

• The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon differently at different times of the month.

• We see different amounts of the sunlit side of the Moon as it orbits the Earth.

• The Moon reflects different amounts of sunlight as it orbits the Earth.

• The Moon's orbit is not a perfect circle.

During a new moon phase, the Moon appears dark because:

• It loses its ability to reflect light.

• It lies in Earth's shadow.

• It lies between the Sun and Earth so we can only see its shaddowed side.

• Someone drew the curtains.

When the Moon is at the one-quarter or the three-quarter points of its orbit around Earth, we see:

• a half moon

• a crescent moon

• a gibbous moon

• a full moon