Astronomy Review

What Moon Phase is occurring at position 1?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 6?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 3?

• First Quarter

• Last (Third) Quarter

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 8?

• First Quarter

• Last (Third) Quarter

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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What Moon Phase is occurring at position 2?

• First Quarter

• Last (Third) Quarter

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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Sometimes the moon looks like a crescent. At other times, the moon looks like a half circle. What makes it possible for you to see the surface of the moon from Earth?

• The moon gives off its own light.

      

• Light from Earth is reflected by the moon's surface.

• Light from the sun is reflected by the moon's surface.

• The moon absorbs sunlight during the day and glows at night.

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How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

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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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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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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day
• year
• week
• month

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