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Moon

Total questions: 78

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
2.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
3.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
4.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
5.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
6.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
7.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
8.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter or (third quarter)
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
9.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
10.
How much of the moon is always lit?
a)
can't tell
b)
always changes
c)
half
d)
3/4
11.
Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
12.
What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
13.
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. 
14.
How many phases does the moon go through?
a)
4
b)
8
c)
10
d)
16
15.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
16.
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
17.
Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
18.
The moon ____________ around the Earth.
a)
revoloves
b)
rotates
c)
up
d)
down
19.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
20.
The Moon is only out and visible at night.
a)
True
b)
False
21.

How was the moon formed?

a)

The moon has always been there

b)

Giant impact

c)

Capture of an asteroid

d)

A great wizard magically made it

22.

a large, bowl-shaped cavity on the surface of the moon is called a...

a)

Maria

b)

Ray

c)

Phase

d)

Crater

23.

Maria is...

a)

lines created by a meteorite impact.

b)

a large hole on the moon's surface.

c)

the dark, smooth spots on the moon's surface.

d)

My grandmother's name.

24.

It takes the moon _______ to orbit around the Earth

a)

20 weeks

b)

27 days

c)

24 hours

d)

30 days

25.

Which phase occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and Earth?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Full Moon

c)

New Moon

d)

Third Quarter

26.

What moon feature is this?

a)

highlands (mountains)

b)

crater

c)

maria

27.

What moon feature is this? The was formed when material was thrown up after the crater was made.

a)

highlands (mountains)

b)

crater

c)

maria

28.

What causes craters?

a)

lightning bolts

b)

comets

c)

asteroids

d)

bulldozer

29.

An orbit is

a)

the way something spins

b)

asteroid hitting the moon

c)

the path an object moves in space

d)

light shining off of something else

30.

What was unique about the rocks from the moon that were brought back to Earth?

a)

They were very high in iron.

b)

The were very similar to the crust of the Earth.

c)

They were very similar to the core.

d)

They had water in them.

31.

What did the composition of the moon rocks tell us about how the object that impacted the Earth?

a)

The impact occurred 1000 years ago.

b)

The impact took part of the core

c)

The impact was a head-on impact.

d)

The impact took mostly the crust of the Earth.

32.

Which of these people was the first to set foot on the Moon?

a)

Neil Armstrong

b)

Jim Lovell

c)

Luke Skywalker

d)

Orville Wright

33.

Which phenomenon does the Moon affect on Earth?

a)

The seasons

b)

Tree growth

c)

Mountain erosion

d)

The tides

34.

How old is the moon?

a)

100 years

b)

5.4 billion years

c)

4.5 billion years

d)

10 billion years

35.

During which phase of the Moon can we sometimes have solar eclipse?

a)

New moon

b)

Full moon

c)

First quarter

d)

Last quarter

36.

A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

a)

quarter moon

b)

new moon

c)

crescent moon

d)

full moon

37.

A lunar eclipse occurs about

a)

once in 3 years

b)

twice a year

c)

once a month

d)

once in 5 years

38.

When there is a lunar eclipse, we can expect

a)

a solar eclipse 2 weeks before or after.

b)

the world will come to a fiery end.

c)

birds to fall from the skies.

d)

an earthquake

39.

During a lunar eclipse

a)

Earth's shadow covers the moon

b)

the sun's shadow covers the moon

c)

the moon covers the sun

d)

Earth's shadow covers the sun

40.

The position of the Earth, moon and Sun during a lunar eclipse is

a)

sun--moon--Earth

b)

Earth--sun--moon

c)

sun--Earth--moon

d)

moon--sun--Earth

41.

The reason there isn't a lunar eclipse every month is because

a)

the moon only gets full every few months, so there can't be eclipses more often.

b)

the moon gets frightened after an eclipse and stays away from Earth, but it forgets soon.

c)

there isn't enough planets and moons in the solar system for it to happen more.

d)

the moon's tilted orbit doesn't put it in Earth's shadow very often.

42.

What is shown in the diagram?

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

c)

New Moon

d)

Nebula

43.

What is being shown in the diagram?

a)

Solar Eclipse

b)

Lunar Eclipse

c)

Full Moon

d)

Supernova

44.

The moon formed its lava flows from

a)

meteor bombardment

b)

plate tectonics

c)

friction due to gravitational pull

d)

high core tempertures

45.

The moon is ____ the size of the Earth.

a)

1/2

b)

1/3

c)

1/4

d)

1/5

46.

Maria hs ____ lava.

a)

light basaltic

b)

dark basaltic

c)

light granitic

d)

dark granitic

47.

We see

a)

different side of the moon every 24 hours.

b)

different side of the moon every 2 weeks.

c)

different side of the moon once a month.

d)

the same side of the moon all the time

48.

Ancient solidified lava channels on the Moon's surface are called ___.

a)

maria

b)

canals

c)

rilles

d)

scarps

49.

Bombardment by huge meteorites and asteroids created the dark areas or ___ that we see today.

a)

rilles

b)

maria

c)

craters

d)

crustal thickness

50.

The Moon's surface cooled faster than Earth's after formation because it is larger.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

Compositional differences between the Earth & Moon show that the

a)

Earth has less water at the poles.

b)

Moon is less dense due to a much smaller amount of iron.

c)

lunar rocks could not have come from the mantle.

d)

lunar orbit is not the same as its rotation.

52.

What was discovered about the far-side of the Moon when it was first mapped in 1959?

a)

it was even more heavily cratered with no major maria

b)

pyramids were first seen

c)

the far-side was about the same as the near-side

d)

there were very few mountains

53.

What is meant by the Moon having a "synchronous orbit?"

a)

its orbit matches that of Earth going around the Sun

b)

both the Earth & Moon orbit each other

c)

daylight hours are the same on both the Earth & Moon

d)

the Moon's spin is equal to its revolution around the Earth

54.
What was the purpose of Apollo1?
a)
To fly to the moon
b)
To test the launch procedure.
c)
To orbit the earth.
d)
To test the safety procedures.
55.
How many people died in Apollo 1.
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
5
56.
What Apollo mission/s were unsuccessful
a)
Missions 1, 7, 13
b)
Missions 1, 13
c)
Missions 2, 3, 4, 6
d)
Mission 1
57.
How many Apollo missions were there?
a)
17
b)
18
c)
19
d)
11
58.
Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were apart of which Apollo mission?
a)
7
b)
9
c)
11
d)
13
59.
Who was the third Astronaut in the Apollo 11 mission?
a)
Collins
b)
White
c)
Grissom
d)
Chaffee
60.
The first landing on the moon occured?
a)
In 1967
b)
In 1969
c)
In 1971
d)
In 1975
61.
What is the tilt of the Moon's orbit with respect to the Earth's orbit with the Sun?
a)
23.5 degrees
b)
2 degrees
c)
8 degrees
d)
5 degrees
62.
What is the smaller, darker part of the shadow called in an eclipse?
a)
Penumbra
b)
Penumbrella
c)
Umbrella
d)
Umbra
63.
What is the bigger, less dark part of the shadow called in an eclipse?
a)
Penumbra
b)
Penumbrella
c)
Umbrella
d)
Umbra
64.
What kind of eclipse happens more often and can be seen by more people?
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
65.
A lunar eclipse of the moon may appear orange or red because.....
a)
The Sun produces only red light during an eclipse.
b)
Light from Mars is hitting the Moon during an eclipse.
c)
The Earth's atmosphere blocks the blue and green light waves, leaving only red.
d)
The Earth's atmosphere blocks red light, stores it, then shines it on the Moon.
66.
What type of eclipse occurs when the moon doesn't completely cover the sun?
a)
partial solar eclipse
b)
total solar eclipse
c)
total lunar eclipse
d)
partial lunar eclipse
67.

A new moon will rise at...

a)

Sunrise

b)

Sunset

c)

Noon

d)

Midnight

68.

A full moon will rise at...

a)

Sunrise

b)

Sunset

c)

Noon

d)

Midnight

69.

A first quarter moon will rise at...

a)

Sunrise

b)

Sunset

c)

Noon

d)

Midnight

70.

Which letter represents Mare Imbrium?

a)

I

b)

P

c)

S

d)

T

71.

Which letter represents Mare Procellarium?

a)

I

b)

P

c)

S

d)

T

72.

Which letter represents Mare Serenity?

a)

T

b)

C

c)

S

d)

F

73.

Which letter represents Mare Crisis?

a)

T

b)

C

c)

S

d)

F

74.

Which letter represents Mare Tranquility?

a)

T

b)

C

c)

S

d)

F

75.

Which number represents a central uplift?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

d)

3

76.

Which number represents a floor?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

d)

3

77.

Which number represents a rim?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

d)

3

78.

Which number represents ejecta?

a)

1

b)

4

c)

2

d)

3

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