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WorksheetsPhases, Eclipses & Tides
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 6mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How far away from the Earth is the moon?
a)
About 384,400 km
b)
About 3,000 km
c)
About 1 Bajillion km
d)
3 km
2.
How long does it take the Moon to revolve around the Earth?
a)
30 Days
b)
27.3 Days
c)
23.7 Days
d)
40 Days
3.
The light you see on the moon is produced from the reflection from the Earth? True or False.
a)
True
b)
False
4.
The different shapes you see of the moon from Earth are called...
a)
Stages
b)
Phases
c)
Turns
d)
Shapes
5.
The phases of the moon depend on how much of the sunlit side of the moon you see from Earth. True or False.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
The moons "first phase" is the
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
Waxing Crescent
d)
1st Quarter
7.
The "last phase" of the moon is the...
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waning Crescent
c)
New Moon
d)
3rd Quarter
8.
When the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hits the moon, this occurs.
a)
Eclipse
b)
Tide
c)
Sun Spot
d)
Flash
9.
This is when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching Earth.
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
10.
This is when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
11.
The moons gravity pulls water towards the point that is the __________ to the moons surface.
a)
Furthest
b)
Closest
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