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WorksheetsLunar Phases
Total questions: 13
Worksheet time: 7mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #1?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waning crescent
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
2.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #2?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waning crescent
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
3.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #3?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
first quarter
d)
third quarter
4.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #4?
a)
full moon
b)
new moon
c)
first quarter
d)
third quarter
5.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #5?
a)
first quarter
b)
third quarter
c)
new moon
d)
full moon
6.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #6?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
7.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #7?
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
first quarter
d)
third quarter
8.
What moon phase is being represented in the picture in Question #8?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waning crescent
c)
waxing gibbous
d)
waning gibbous
9.
A day on the moon is equal to how many Earth days?
a)
About 23 days
b)
About 29 days
c)
About 25 days
d)
About 31 days
10.
What does waning mean?
a)
getting smaller
b)
getting bigger
11.
The amount of sun hitting the moon...
a)
changes daily
b)
is always the same
c)
increases in the summer
d)
depends on the phase of the moon
12.
When we can only see the shadowed portion of the moon, what is that called?
a)
new moon
b)
full moon
c)
first quarter
d)
third quarter
13.
Why do we only ever see one side of the moon?
a)
the rotational period of the moon matches that of its orbit
b)
the rotational period of the moon is different from that of its orbit
c)
we see the different parts of the moon based on the hemisphere we live in
d)
because the moon doesn't rotate
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