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Moon

Total questions: 51

Worksheet time: 48mins

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)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
4.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
5.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
6.
Name the phase of the moon for letter a
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous
7.
Name the phase of the moon for letter f
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Crescent
8.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
9.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
10.
Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
a)
Waning crescent
b)
Full moon
c)
Waxing gibbous
d)
New moon
11.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
12.
Which of the following words describe the phases of the moon?
a)
none, quarter, half, three quarters, full
b)
new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full
c)
dark, light, half, quarter, blue
d)
first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter
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.
Changes in the moon's appearance are
a)
phases
b)
eclipses
c)
stages
d)
cycle
16.
Define Gibbous
a)
Less than half of moon visible
b)
More than half of moon visible
c)
All of moon visible
d)
None of moon visible
17.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
18.
The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:
a)
Left Side
b)
Right Side
19.
Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
20.
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.
21.
We see the same side of the moon all the time.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The moon reflects light from the sun.
a)
True
b)
False
23.
As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.
a)
swelling
b)
waxing
c)
waning
d)
disappearing
24.
What type of rock is found on the maria?
a)
Obsidian
b)
Basalt
c)
Sandstone
d)
Granite
25.
Densely pitted, light-colored areas on the moon are called ____________.
a)
Craters
b)
Maria
c)
Highlands
d)
Crescents
26.
The highest mountain on the moon is only 1km less in height than Mt. Everest. What region of the moon can mountains be found?
a)
Craters
b)
Maria
c)
Highlands
d)
All over
27.
True or false: There can be craters within craters on the moon.
a)
True
b)
False
28.
______________ are regions of dark, smooth, ancient beds of basaltic lava.
a)
Highlands
b)
Maria
c)
Craters
d)
Meteorites
29.
How did the lunar mare (maria) form?
a)
Asteroids punctured the lunar surface, causing magma to bleed out
b)
Asteroids punctured the lunar surface, causing rock to break apart
c)
They were ancient oceans
d)
They were ancient beds of ice
30.
How do most craters on the moon form?
a)
Collision with other planets
b)
Rapidly moving debris hit the surface
c)
The sun burns holes in the moon
31.
When did the moon form?
a)
About 4.5 billion years ago
b)
About 4.5 million years ago
c)
20,000 years ago
d)
13.6 billion years ago
32.
Why are craters on the moon so well-preserved?
a)
No atmosphere = no precipitation for erosion
b)
The rocks on the moon are more solid
c)
The rocks on the moon absorb more impact
33.

Sheldon on Big Bang Theory says "The moon looks larger than the stars!" What explains this?

a)

The moons soaks up the stars' light.

b)

The moon is larger than Earth.

c)

The moon is larger than stars.

d)

The moon is closer to Earth than stars.

34.
 True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.
a)
True
b)
False
35.

At which moon position would a person on earth see a full moon?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

36.

At which moon position would a person on earth see a new moon

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

37.

Place the following events in sequence:

A) The Apollo Project begins;

B) The Mercury Project begins;

C) Sputnik I is launched

a)

A C B

b)

C B A

c)

C A B

d)

A B C

38.

What decade saw the height of the "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union?

a)

the 1950's

b)

the 1960's

c)

the 1970's

d)

the 1980's

39.

What was the function of the lunar modules (LM) attached to Apollo spacecraft?

a)

They provided the thrust and power needed to escape the Earth's gravity.

b)

They delivered astronauts from the main Apollo capsules to the moon's surface.

c)

They enabled the Apollo capsules to land safely on Earth at the ends of their missions.

d)

They contained the computers and radios the astronauts needed to maintain contact with Mission Control.

40.

When did man first land on the moon?

a)

1969

b)

1960

c)

1970

d)

1972

41.

What was the Apollo Project?

a)

an unpublished Percy Jackson novel

b)

a class of astronauts who graduated from MIT

c)

a series of rockets designed to go to the Sun

d)

a series of space flights dedicated to getting American astronauts to the moon

42.

Project Apollo was a follow up to ______ which successfully __________.

a)

Project Mercury, put a dog, Laika, on the moon,

b)

Project Moon Race, put a monkey in orbit

c)

Project Einstein, launched a satellite to spy on the Russians

d)

Project Mercury, put an American (human) in orbit

43.

Who declared that the United States would put a man on the moon by the end of the 1960s?

a)

Martin Luther King, Jr.

b)

John F Kennedy

c)

Bill Clinton

d)

Barack Obama

44.

The U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1 in October of 1957. What was Sputnik 1?

a)

a satellite

b)

a manned rocket

c)

a capsule containing a monkey

d)

a bomb

45.

The Soviets won the first few rounds of the Space Race by putting the first ____ and first ____ into Earth Orbit.

a)

fish, dog

b)

insect, human

c)

animal (dog), human

d)

animal (monkey), robot

46.

Apollo ___ finally launched three astronauts into space in October of 1968.

a)

2

b)

4

c)

7

d)

9

47.

Apollo ___ carried the last astronauts to the moon and back in 1972. The Apollo Project formally ended two years later.

a)

14

b)

15

c)

16

d)

17

48.

How many Apollo missions landed on the moon?

a)

11

b)

6

c)

1

d)

3

49.

How many people walked on the moon?

a)

2

b)

12

c)

18

d)

20

50.

What is the name of the rocket that the Apollo missions used?

a)

Mercury 3

b)

Gemini 2

c)

Saturn 5

d)

Lunar 11

51.

Which Apollo mission was the one where the astronauts were the first to walk on the moon?

a)

1

b)

7

c)

11

d)

13