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WorksheetsMoon Phases
Total questions: 33
Worksheet time: 20mins
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Class
Date
1.
The Moon ________ around the Earth.
a)
moves parallel
b)
rotates
c)
moves perpendicular
d)
revolves
2.
What moon phase is at position 1?
a)
new moon
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
3.
What moon phase is at position 5?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
full moon
d)
waning crescent
4.
What moon phase is at position 3?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
1st quarter
c)
3rd quarter
d)
waning crescent
5.
What moon phase is at position 7?
a)
1st quarter
b)
3rd quarter
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
6.
Is a waning moon getting smaller in size?
a)
yes
b)
no
c)
let me think...
7.
How long is the moons complete phase?
a)
29.5 days
b)
30 days
c)
45 days
d)
I don't know
8.
What is a new moon
a)
A moon that is lit up all the way
b)
The first phase of the moon and you can not really see it lit up
c)
a full moon
9.
What is the correct order of the moon phases?
a)
new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter
b)
new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, 3rd quarter
c)
1st quarter, 3rd quarter, new moon, full moon
d)
new, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full
10.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
11.
What happens when the area in which you live tilts away from the sun?
a)
It is summer.
b)
It is spring.
c)
It is winter.
d)
It is fall.
12.
What causes day and night?
a)
revolution of Earth
b)
rotation of Earth
c)
orbit of Earth
d)
The moon blocks the Sun
13.
What movement is measured in years?
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
14.
What degree is the earth tilted?
a)
23
b)
25
c)
23.5
d)
25.5
15.
What are the reasons for the seasons?
a)
Earth's tilt and rotation.
b)
Earth's rotation and revolution.
c)
Earth's tilt and revolution.
d)
Earth's tilt and resolution
16.
During a spring tide, the positions of the Sun, Moon, and Earth...
a)
form a 90 degree angle
b)
form a straight line
17.
At position C, which hemisphere would have winter?
a)
Northern hemisphere
b)
Southern hemisphere
18.
There is less daylight in the winter.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
As the Earth rotates, sunlight shines on an object from ______________________ angles.
a)
the same
b)
no
c)
different
20.
True or False:
Another result of the Earth's rotation is that length of the objects shadows DO NOT change.
Another result of the Earth's rotation is that length of the objects shadows DO NOT change.
a)
true
b)
false
21.
During a neap tide, the position of the Sun, Moon, and Earth...
a)
form a 90 degree angle
b)
form a straight line
22.
What type of tide would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
full moon tide
b)
new moon tide
c)
neap tide
d)
spring tide
23.
Tides are caused by ___________
a)
wind
b)
gravitational pull of moon
c)
waves gravitation toward land
d)
rain
24.
What type of tides would this arrangement of earth-moon-sun create?
a)
neap tide
b)
spring tide
c)
new moon tide
d)
full moon tide
25.
How much of the Moon's surface is lit by the Sun?
a)
100% (all of it)
b)
50% (half of it)
c)
25% (quarter of it)
d)
It changes between 0-100%
26.
What causes extreme tides?
a)
moon
b)
water moving
c)
hurricane
d)
full moon and new moon
27.
The Sun seems to travel across the sky from ___________ to __________.
a)
south to north
b)
west to east
c)
north to south
d)
east to west
28.
Look at the picture. Would the sun be low or high in the sky in the afternoon picture?
a)
The sun would be directly above.
b)
You would not be able to see the sun at all.
c)
The sun would be low in the sky.
d)
The sun has nothing to do with shadows.
29.
A shadow is the longest ________ .
a)
at midday
b)
in the morning
c)
in the evening
d)
in the morning and the evening
30.
At which location of the sun would the shadow of the light pole be the longest?
a)
A at 11 a.m
b)
B at noon
c)
C at 2 p.m.
d)
D at 6 p.m.
31.
What moon phase is at position 6?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
32.
What moon phase is at position 6?
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waning crescent
33.
What do we call a tide that has a large range?
a)
gravity
b)
wind
c)
spring
d)
neap
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