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Moon Phases Quiz

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why do we have moon phases?

a)

The moon wanted to be trendy

b)

Earth's perspective causes us to view the moon differently depending on the time of the year

c)

The Earth's shadow is cast onto the moon at different angles

d)

Light from the stars in the Sunflower galaxy bounce off the moon creating phases

2.

What does waxing mean

a)

Wax on Wax off

b)

Getting bigger

c)

Getting smaller

d)

An elliptical orbit

3.

What is the most shaded the moon can be?

a)

100%

b)

75%

c)

50%

d)

25%

4.

How long is the Lunar Cycle?

a)

31.5 days

b)

14 days

c)

365 days

d)

29.5 days

5.

Does the moon's orbit directly align with Earth's orbit?

a)

No

b)

Yes

c)

Sometimes

d)

Every full moon

6.

What phase is after a new moon and before 1st quarter?

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Waxing Crescent

7.

What is it called when the moon appears to decrease in size?

a)

Waxing

b)

Waning

c)

Smalifiy

d)

It has hit by a shrink ray

8.

If it is a 3rd Quarter moon what phase will occur next

a)

Nothing, this is the last phase

b)

Full moon

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

9.

What phase occurs before the 1st Quarter moon

a)

Nothing, this is the first phase

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Traditional Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

10.

If it was a full moon 29 days ago, what phase is the moon in now?

a)

New moon

b)

Full moon

c)

Half moon

d)

Lunar Eclipse

11.

How moon phases are there?

a)

0.8

b)

8

c)

29.5

d)

12

12.

True or False: The Lunar Cycle is exactly equal to one month

a)

True

b)

False

c)

A

d)

B

13.

What is the correct order of the first 4 phases

a)

Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, New Moon

b)

New Moon, Full Moon, 1st Quarter, Waning Gibbous

c)

New Moon, Waxing Crescent, 1st Quarter, Waxing Gibbous

d)

Full Moon, 1st Quarter, 3rd Quarter, New Moon

14.

What is the correct order of the last 4 moon phases?

a)

1st Quarter, 2nd Quarter, 3rd Quarter, 4th Quarter

b)

Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, 3rd Quarter, Waning Crescent

c)

New Moon, 1st Quarter, Full Moon, Last Moon

d)

There are only 4 phases

15.

You look up into the sky and see a new moon, in 7.375 days what phase will the moon be

a)

The moon will not exist

b)

1st Quarter

c)

Who knows

d)

Full moon