Moon Phases Quiz Practice

(a)   is the change in appearance of the Moon as it makes one full revolution around the Earth.

• Revolution

• Unicycle

• Eclipse

• Lunar cycle

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On October 29, the moon is in which phase?

• waxing crescent

• full

• waxing gibbous

• first quarter

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Moonlight is (a)  

• caused by the moon reflecting ocean waves.

• caused by the moon.

• caused by the moon reflecting sunlight.

• caused by our atmosphere.

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During which moon phase do we see more than half of the moon?

• Waning Crescent

• First Quarter

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

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Approximately how long does it take the moon to orbit the earth?

• 1 day

• 1 week

• 1 month

• 1 year

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Which moon phase is this?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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Using the model below, where would the sun be positioned?

• above the third quarter moon

• to the right of the full moon

• below the first quarter moon

• to the left of the new moon

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The moon (a)   which means spins on its axis.

• revolves

• rotates

• shines

• orbits

When the visible part of the moon is growing larger, the moon is...

• Eclipsing.

• Waning.

• Waxing.

• New.

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Drag and Drop the names of the lunar phases to match their visuals. Every phase will be used only once.

• Waxing Gibbous

• 
• New Moon

• 
• Waning Crescent

• 
• Third Quarter

• 
• Full Moon

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