WorksheetsMoon Phase Vocab
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
During this phase, the moon is entirely illuminated.
a)
Half Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
First Quarter Moon
d)
Gibbous Moon
2.
What is an axis? (Related to the Moon)
a)
A planet on which we live
b)
To move or turn in a circle
c)
The immaginary straight line that Earth turns around.
d)
The large round object that circles the Earth.
3.
When we say the Moon is waxing, what do we mean?
a)
Appears to become thinner or less full
b)
The Moon is completely dark.
c)
appears to become larger or more full.
d)
Turns in circles.
4.
When we say that the moon is waning, what do we mean?
a)
It appears to become larger or more full.
b)
It is curved.
c)
It appears to become thinner or less full.
d)
It moves in a circle.
5.
What is a New Moon?
a)
The moon when it is completely dark.
b)
The moon when it is completely lit.
c)
The moon when you can only see half of it.
6.
When the Earth is moving or turning in a circle, we mean it is ____________.
a)
revolving
b)
rotating
c)
orbiting
7.
What is a Crescent Moon?
a)
The moon appears as a bright circle.
b)
When the moon is less than half full.
c)
The moon when it is completely dark.
8.
What is a Gibbous Moon?
a)
When it is completely full.
b)
When it is dark.
c)
When it is less than half full.
d)
When it is mare than half full.
9.
What is a First Quarter and a Last Quarter Moon?
a)
When the moon is completely bright.
b)
When the moon is exactly half lit.
c)
When the moon is dark.
d)
When the moon is less than half full.
10.
What is a Cycle?
a)
A repeating series of events.
b)
To move in a circle.
c)
A curved path that goes around something.
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