Moon Phases Shadows Seasons

___________ is the moon phase where the entire moon is lit up.

• New Moon

• Old Moon

• Full Moon

• Quarter Moon

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Why do we see phases of the moon?

• The tilt of Earth's axis as it rotates.

• The moon lights different portions of its surface throughout the month.

• As the moon revolves around the Earth, we see different portions of the lit side.

• The moon revolves and rotates at the same rate.

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What moon phase is pictured here?

• waning gibbous

• waxing crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

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What moon phase occurs during a lunar eclipse?

• new moon

• first quarter

• full moon

• last quarter

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What causes seasons?

• Earth's tilted axis as it rotates on its axis.

• Earth's tilted axis as it revolves around the sun.

• Earth's distance from the sun in the summer.

• Earth's hemispheres receiving equal amounts of sunlight.

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How much of the moon is always illuminated?

• 50%

• 100%

• 0%

• 25%

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What moon phase is this?

• First quarter

• Third quarter

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

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How does a solar eclipse occur?

• Part of the Earth is in the moon's shadow.

• All of the Earth is in the moon's shadow.

• The Earth moves between the sun and moon casting its shadow on the moon.

• The moon moves into the Earth's shadow.

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Where is the new moon located?

• Between the Earth and sun

• In the sequence ordered Sun, Earth, Moon

• After the waning gibbous moon phase

• Two weeks before the First quarter

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Noor wants Halloween to be the moon phase two weeks after a new moon so that she can stay out later.

• new moon

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

• full moon

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