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WorksheetsMoon Phases
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 22mins
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Class
Date
1.
Besides the Sun, what is the most obvious object in the sky?
a)
the Moon
b)
Mercury
c)
Venus
d)
Sirius
2.
How wide is the Moon?
a)
35 km
b)
350 km
c)
3,500 km
d)
35,000 km
3.
How much of the Moon faces the sun?
a)
one quarter
b)
one half
c)
three quarters
d)
all of it
4.
What part of the Moon do astronomers refer to as the night or dark side?
a)
the half facing away from the Earth
b)
the half facing away from the Sun
c)
the side that we never see
d)
the dark part of a gibbous moon
5.
Which word refers to the shape of the Moon, as it appears to us?
a)
terminator
b)
cycle
c)
phase
d)
aspect
6.
What is the name of the dividing line, separating the lit and unlit sides of the Moon?
a)
terminator
b)
dominator
c)
phase
d)
denominator
7.
The Moon orbits the Earth roughly once per _____
a)
day
b)
week
c)
month
d)
year
8.
Words that have similar etymological histories, like “month” and “Moon” are _____
a)
cognates
b)
homonyms
c)
antonyms
d)
palindromes
9.
What is the length of time for the Moon to go through all its phases?
a)
29.5 days
b)
25.9 days
c)
59.2 days
d)
92.5 days
10.
In which part of the Moon's cycle is it closest to the Sun?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
third quarter
11.
Which phase is considered to be the beginning of the Moon’s cycle?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
third quarter
12.
What is the phase when the Moon rises at sunrise, and sets at sunset?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
third quarter
13.
Which term means "growing or getting bigger"?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crescent
d)
gibbous
14.
Because the Moon is orbiting the Earth, after a couple of days it’s moved a bit to the _____
a)
north
b)
east
c)
west
d)
south
15.
When the Moon is in “first quarter”, we see it as _____
a)
one quarter lit
b)
half lit
c)
three quarters lit
d)
all lit
16.
Which term means "swollen or convex"?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crescent
d)
gibbous
17.
What is the phase of the Moon, when it rises at sunset and sets and sunrise?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
third quarter
18.
What term is used when the Moon is viewed as shrinking?
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
crescent
d)
gibbous
19.
Which phase comes a week after full moon?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
third quarter
20.
What is the phase of the Moon, when it rises at midnight and sets at noon?
a)
new moon
b)
first quarter
c)
full moon
d)
third quarter
21.
When we see a full Moon, a Moon-dweller would see a _____
a)
new Earth
b)
first quarter Earth
c)
full Earth
d)
third quarter Earth
22.
The Moon can be lit by light, reflected from the Earth, called _____
a)
Moonshine
b)
Earthshine
c)
afterglow
d)
aurora
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