Moon PHases

The model shows positions and movements of Earth, the Sun, and the Moon.

What do the arrows around X show?

• the Moon's monthly orbit around the Sun

• the Moon's daily orbit around Earth

• Earth's monthly rotation on its axis

• Earth's daily rotation on its axis

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True or False: The position of Earth, the moon, and sun determine the phase of the moon.

• True

• False

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Which moon phase is this?

• waxing crescent

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• waning gibbous

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Approximately how long does it take the moon to make one revolution around Earth?

• 365.25 days

• 24 hours

• 29 days

• 84 years

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Waning means...

• Getting bigger

• Getting smaller

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CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE

• CRESCENT MOON
• NEW MOON
• FULL MOON
• WANING GIBBOUS

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The bright side of the moon is getting smaller on the left, (light on the left), this is a _________ moon.

• Waxing

• Waning

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Why is using a model useful when studying phases of the moon?

• The moon revolves around the Earth too slow to observe all of the phases at once.

• The positions of the Sun, Earth, and Moon are too difficult to directly observe.

• The distances between the Sun, Earth, and Moon are too difficult to directly observe.

• All answers are correct

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The the bright side of the moon is growing on the right, (light on the right) it is a _______ moon.

• Waxing

• Waning

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What is the correct order of the first five phases of the moon?

• new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

• new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full

• full, crescent, quarter, gibbous, new

• full, quarter, gibbous, crescent, new

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