Moon Phases

Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases

• eclipses

• stages

• cycle

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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

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How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 16

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Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing

• Completely illuminated

• dark side is facing earth

• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling

• waxing

• waning

• disappearing

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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day

• year

• week

• month

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If the last full moon was on April 4th, when can you expect to see the next full moon? 

• April 29th

• July 4th

• May 4th

• September 12th

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Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

• waxing

• waning

• new

• eclipse

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What Moon phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Gibbous

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What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• New Moon

• Half Moon

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