CC #4: Moon Phases

The moon is ________________ km across.

• 3,500 km

• 1,700 km

• 12,000 km

• 6,300 km

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The moon has the same reflectivity as _______________________________________

• an asphalt driveway

• a mirror

• fresh snow

• a white wall

When it gets down to it, the moon’s phases are caused by _______________________________________

• geometry

• trigonometry

• clouds covering the Moon

• the Earth's shadow falling on the Moon

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The phase of the moon refers to what __________________________ we see.

• shape

• distance from the sun

• color of the surface

• size of the craters

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The phase of the moon we see depends on from what _____________________ the sunlight’s hitting it, and the _____________________ we see that from Earth.

• direction, angle

• direction, time

• distance, position

• speed, direction

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It takes the moon ______________ days to orbit the Earth.

• 29.5

• 27

• 30

• 365

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The new moon rises at _______________________ and sets at _______________________

• sunrise, sunset

• midnight, noon

• noon, midnight

• sunset, sunrise

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Waxing means _____________________________.

• getting bigger

• getting smaller

• staying the same

• disappearing

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Gibbous means __________________.

• swollen

• completely dark

• less than half illuminated

• not visible at all

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The full moon rises at __________________________ and sets at ___________________________.

• sunset, sunrise

• sunrise, sunset

• noon, midnight

• midnight, noon

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