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Total questions: 63
Worksheet time: 36mins
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Class
Date
1.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the full moon phase.
b)
This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
c)
This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
d)
This is the first quarter moon phase.
2.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the waning crescent phase.
b)
This is the waxing gibbous phase.
c)
This is the waning gibbous phase.
d)
This is the new moon phase.
3.
What is this moon phase?
a)
This is the waxing crescent phase.
b)
This is the full moon phase.
c)
This is the waxing gibbous phase.
d)
This is the last quarter moon.
4.
What is this moon phase?
a)
This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
b)
This is the last quarter moon phase.
c)
This is the first quarter moon phase.
d)
This is the new moon phase.
5.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the full moon phase.
b)
This is the waxing crescent moon phase.
c)
This is the waning gibbous moon phase.
d)
This is the waning crescent moon phase.
6.
What moon phase is this picture?
a)
This is the new moon phase.
b)
This is the waxing crescent moon phase.
c)
This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
d)
This is the waning crescent moon phase.
7.
What moon phase is this image?
a)
This is the full moon phase.
b)
This is the last quarter moon phase.
c)
This is the waxing gibbous moon.
d)
This is the new moon phase.
8.
What phase of the moon is this image?
a)
This is the last quarter moon phase.
b)
This is the full moon phase.
c)
This is the first quarter moon phase.
d)
This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.
9.
What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?
a)
The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
b)
The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.
c)
The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon.
10.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
11.
The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.
a)
revolutions
b)
phases
c)
rotations
d)
eclipses
12.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
13.
Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
new
d)
eclipse
14.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
15.
How long is a lunar month?
a)
30
b)
29.5
c)
27
d)
27.3
16.
Which of the following choices has the moon phases in the correct order?
a)
Full moon, new moon, waxing gibbous, first quarter, waxing crescent, waning gibbous, waning cresent, last quarter
b)
waxing gibbous, new moon, first quarter, waxing crescent, full moon, waning crescent, third/last quarter, waning gibbous
c)
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third/last quarter, Waning Crescent
d)
New Moon, Waning Crescent, First Quarter, Waning Gibbous, Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous, Third/Last Quarter, Waxing Cresecent
17.
Why does the Moon have phases?
a)
The moon reflects light from the sun. Sometimes there is a shadow on the moon and we only see part of it.
b)
Only part of the moon is turned on and shining at a time.
c)
The Earth is blocking the moon when we don't see it.
d)
The moon moves out of sight.
18.
TRUE or FALSE
We can see the moon during the day.
We can see the moon during the day.
a)
True
b)
False
19.
The moon ____________ around the Earth.
a)
orbits
b)
rotates
c)
up
d)
down
20.
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
21.
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.
22.
Waxing means...
a)
Growing
b)
Dying
c)
Losing light
d)
Moving
23.
Which type of eclipse occurs when the Earth comes directly between the Sun and Moon?
a)
Lunar eclipse
b)
Solar eclipse
24.
Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?
a)
Lunar eclipse
b)
Solar eclipse
25.
True or False: A gibbous moon means more than half of the moon is lit up?
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
27.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Last Quarter
d)
First Quarter
28.
Choose the correct Moon Phase.
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
First Quarter
d)
Last Quarter
29.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Crescent
30.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
31.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
32.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
Last Quarter
b)
First Quarter
c)
waning crescent
d)
waxing crescent
33.
Choose the correct phase.
a)
New Moon
b)
Full Moon
c)
First quarter
d)
Last quarter
34.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
35.
Name this phase
a)
New Moon
b)
First Quarter
c)
Last Quarter
d)
Full Moon
36.
The Moon ________ around the Earth.
a)
moves parallel
b)
rotates
c)
moves perpendicular
d)
revolves
37.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waning Crescent
38.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waning Crescent
39.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Gibbous
40.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Last Quarter
41.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Waxing Crescent
b)
Waning Gibbous
c)
First Quarter
d)
Last Quarter
42.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
First Quarter
d)
Last Quarter
43.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Full Moon
b)
New Moon
c)
First Quarter
d)
Last Quarter
44.
Identify the moon phase
a)
Full Moon
b)
New Moon
c)
First Quarter
d)
Last Quarter
45.
This causes a year on Earth
a)
Rotation
b)
Revolution
46.
Another word for rotate is ______________.
a)
revolve
b)
orbit
c)
spin
d)
rise
47.
We have night because ...
a)
the sun stops shining.
b)
the sun is on the other side of the Earth.
c)
we sleep.
d)
the moon rises
48.
The Earth ______________ around the sun
a)
revolves
b)
rotates
c)
spins
d)
falls
49.
We have ___________ because the Earth revolves around the sun.
a)
seasons
b)
day and night
c)
morning
d)
astronauts
50.
It takes _________________ for the Earth to rotate one time.
a)
24 hours
b)
1 month
c)
1 year
d)
1 week
51.
One full orbit of an object around another object is called a ________.
a)
axis
b)
rotation
c)
revolution
d)
satellite
52.
The earth's revolution is called an orbit, and we orbit around
a)
The moon
b)
The sun
c)
Earth
d)
Venus
53.
The Earth's _______ is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.
a)
vernal equinox
b)
axis
c)
solar eclipse
d)
solar flare
54.
Completed in one year
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
55.
The seasons change as the Earth orbits around the sun
a)
rotation
b)
revolution
56.
What does REVOLUTION mean?
a)
To SPIN
b)
To ORBIT or GO AROUND
57.
What does ROTATION mean?
a)
To SPIN
b)
To ORBIT or GO AROUND
58.
A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.
a)
New
b)
Cresent
c)
Gibbous
d)
Full
59.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
60.
This image is an example of
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Full Moon
c)
New Moon
d)
Solar Eclipse
61.
What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.
a)
Total
b)
Umbra
c)
Penumbra
62.
a)
solar eclipse
b)
lunar eclipse
63.
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
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