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WorksheetsMoon Phases Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Why do we have moon phases?
The moon wanted to be trendy
Earth's perspective causes us to view the moon differently depending on the time of the year
The Earth's shadow is cast onto the moon at different angles
Light from the stars in the Sunflower galaxy bounce off the moon creating phases
What does waxing mean
Wax on Wax off
Getting bigger
Getting smaller
An elliptical orbit
What is the most shaded the moon can be?
100%
75%
50%
25%
How long is the Lunar Cycle?
31.5 days
14 days
365 days
29.5 days
Does the moon's orbit directly align with Earth's orbit?
No
Yes
Sometimes
Every full moon
What phase is after a new moon and before 1st quarter?
Waning Crescent
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Gibbous
Waxing Crescent
What is it called when the moon appears to decrease in size?
Waxing
Waning
Smalifiy
It has hit by a shrink ray
If it is a 3rd Quarter moon what phase will occur next
Nothing, this is the last phase
Full moon
Waning Crescent
Waxing Crescent
What phase occurs before the 1st Quarter moon
Nothing, this is the first phase
Waxing Crescent
Traditional Crescent
Waning Gibbous
If it was a full moon 29 days ago, what phase is the moon in now?
New moon
Full moon
Half moon
Lunar Eclipse
How moon phases are there?
0.8
8
29.5
12
True or False: The Lunar Cycle is exactly equal to one month
True
False
A
B
What is the correct order of the first 4 phases
Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, New Moon
New Moon, Full Moon, 1st Quarter, Waning Gibbous
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous
Full Moon, 1st Quarter, 3rd Quarter, New Moon
What is the correct order of the last 4 moon phases?
1st Quarter, 2nd Quarter, 3rd Quarter, 4th Quarter
Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent
New Moon, 1st Quarter, Full Moon, Last Moon
There are only 4 phases
You look up into the sky and see a new moon, in 7.375 days what phase will the moon be
The moon will not exist
1st Quarter
Who knows
Full moon
