WorksheetsMoon Phases and Eclipse
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Last Quarter or (third quarter)
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
2.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
3.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
4.
CHALLENGE
When the moon is lined up exactly between the sun and Earth, it is called a ______ ______.
When the moon is lined up exactly between the sun and Earth, it is called a ______ ______.
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse
5.
TRUE or FALSE
We can see the moon during the day.
We can see the moon during the day.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
ROTATE vs REVOLVE
What causes the seasons?
What causes the seasons?
a)
The Earth spinning or rotating
b)
The Earth revolving around the Sun on its tilted axis.
7.
Name the moon phase
a)
full moon
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
8.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
last quarter
d)
waxing gibbous
9.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
first quarter
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
10.
What do we call the sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?
a)
an umbra
b)
a corona
c)
an orbit
d)
a shadow
11.
Which of the following is not true about a total solar eclipse?
a)
It can be viewed once a year from every spot on earth
b)
It is dangerous to look at without the proper device
c)
When it happens, the moon blocks all of the sun except the corona
d)
You must be within the moon's umbra to see it
12.
A solar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?
a)
1st Quarter
b)
New Moon
c)
Full Moon
d)
3rd Quarter
13.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
14.
This image is an example of
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Full Moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Solar Eclipse
15.
In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?
a)
Below each other
b)
Above each other
c)
In alignment
16.
Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?
a)
Lunar eclipse
b)
Solar eclipse
17.
What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.
a)
Total
b)
Umbra
c)
Penumbra
18.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
19.
During a solar eclipse...
a)
The sun is blocked by the moon
b)
The Earth is blocked moon
c)
The moon is blocked by the sun
d)
You are blocked
20.
if It’s summer in the northern hemisphere, is it summer in the Southern Hemisphere?
a)
No, because the sun shines on the whole side of the earth
b)
Yes, because the earths tilt is facing away from the sun in the Southern Hemisphere
c)
Honestly I don't know
d)
No, because the earths tilt is facing torward the sun in the Southern Hemisphere
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