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Phases of the Moon, Eclipses, & Tides

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 40mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What type of tide is the sun and moon at a ninety degree angle?

a)

Spring tide

b)

Neap tide

2.

Where does the moon get its light?

a)

Sun's reflection

b)

Earth's reflection

c)

The moon produces its own light

3.

Approximately how many tides are there a day?

a)

4 high tides, 4 low tides

b)

2 spring tides, 2 neap tides

c)

2 high tides, 2 low tides

d)

1 high tide, 1 low tide

4.

What moon phase is pictured here?

a)

waning gibbous

b)

waxing crescent

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

waning crescent

5.

What moon phase is this?

a)

First quarter

b)

Third quarter

c)

waxing gibbous

d)

waning gibbous

6.

How does a solar eclipse occur?

a)

Part of the Earth is in the moon's shadow.

b)

All of the Earth is in the moon's shadow.

c)

The Earth moves between the sun and moon casting its shadow on the moon.

d)

The moon moves into the Earth's shadow.

7.

What type of eclipse is this?

a)

solar eclipse

b)

lunar eclipse

8.

Patrick wants to go swimming during the highest high tides and the lowest low tides. He should go

a)

during a neap tide

b)

any day

c)

during a spring tide

9.
A lunar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Waxing moon
10.
A solar eclipse can occur only during the _________________.
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
Quarter moon
11.
For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?
a)
The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.
b)
The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.
c)
Earth must be directly between the Sun and the moon.
12.
What type of tide occurs during a new and full moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
13.
What type of tide occurs during the first or third quarter moon?
a)
Neap tides
b)
Spring tides
c)
Normal tides
14.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waxing Gibbous
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waning Gibbous
15.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
16.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter or (third quarter)
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
17.
What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
18.
Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
19.
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. 
20.
Type of eclipse
a)
Solar
b)
Lunar
c)
Neap
d)
Spring
21.
More than 1/2 full but less than full?
a)
gibbous
b)
crescent
c)
waxing
d)
waning
22.
Less than 1/2 but more than a New Moon:
a)
crescent
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
gibbous
23.
When more of the Moon is becoming "lit" up.
a)
waxing
b)
waning
c)
gibbous
d)
crescent
24.
When less of the Moon is being "lit" up.
a)
waning
b)
waxing
c)
crescent
d)
gibbous
25.
Which is in the correct order?
a)
1st, 3rd, waning crescent
b)
1st, waxing crescent, 3rd
c)
waxing gibbous, waning crescent, 3rd
d)
full, 1st, 3rd
26.
A(n) __________________  occurs when the moon's shadow hits Earth or Earth's shadow hit the moon.
a)
eclipse
b)
tide
c)
gravity
d)
phase
27.

The moon goes through every phase..

a)

once a month

b)

twice a month

c)

once a year

d)

the moon doesn't have phases, it has seasons

28.

In relation to the moon, waning means...

a)

growing

b)

shrinking

c)

crying

d)

don't horses wane?

29.

In relation to the moon, waxing means...

a)

growing

b)

shrinking

c)

shining

d)

i don't know, the karate kid does it

30.

the moon affects

a)

the coriolis effect

b)

global conveyor belt

c)

the tides

d)

how we behave

31.

We always see the same side of the moon

a)

True

b)

False

32.

As the moon moves from a new moon to a full moon, you see:

a)

the moon appearing increasingly lighter

b)

the amount of light the moon gets staying constant

c)

the amount of light the moon is receiving is decreasing

d)

more light and then less light

33.

The moon orbits Earth in a __________________ direction

a)

clockwise

b)

counterclockwise

c)

upwards

d)

downwards

34.

What is the correct order of the moon phases?

a)

new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter

b)

1st quarter, 3rd quarter, new moon, full moon

c)

new moon, 1st quarter, full moon, 3rd quarter

d)

new 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full

35.
The different shapes you see of the moon from Earth are called...
a)
Stages
b)
Phases
c)
Turns
d)
Shapes 
36.
The phases of the moon depend on how much of the sunlit side of the moon you see from Earth. True or False.
a)
True
b)
False
37.
The moons gravity pulls water towards the point that is the __________ to the moons surface. 
a)
Furthest
b)
Closest 
38.
This is when the Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
a)
Solar Eclipse
b)
Lunar Eclipse 
39.
This is when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the sunlight from reaching Earth.
a)
Lunar Eclipse
b)
Solar Eclipse
40.

What is a waning gibbous?

a)

The moon is more than half illuminated and getting smaller

b)

The moon is less than half illuminated and getting smaller

c)

The moon is more than half illuminated and getting bigger

d)

The moon is less than half illuminated and getting smaller

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