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Name

Class

Date

1.

What are most likely the date of the full moons? (Hint 14 days later)

a)

February 5, March 7, April 5, May 4

b)

February 15, March 17, April 15, May 14

c)

February 25, March 27, April 25, May 24

d)

February 29, March 31, April 29, May 28

2.

Which phases happen immediately before and after the phase shown

a)

Full moon and New moon

b)

Waxing Crescent and Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waxing Crescent and Full Moon

d)

Waxing Gibbous and Full Moon

3.

If the new moon must always be between the sun and Earth where should a student put the "sun"

a)

Position 1

b)

Position 2

c)

Position 3

d)

Position 4

4.

If we are in a new moon phase right now, what phase can we expect to be in a week from now?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

1st Quarter

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

5.

How many days does it take to go from New Moon to New Moon?

a)

28 days

b)

29.5 days

c)

27 days

d)

365 days

6.

What kind of moon is this..
Two weeks have passed since the new moon. We see the entire face of the moon shining.

a)

Full Moon

b)

Half moon

7.

Name the phase of the moon that comes BEFORE this moon phase.

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

waning gibbous

c)

waning crescent

d)

waxing crescent

8.

What moon phase comes after this picture?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Crescent

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Waning Gibbous

9.

What moon phase comes next?

a)

New Moon

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

First Quarter

d)

Waxing Gibbous

10.

What moon phase comes next?

a)

New Moon

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

First Quarter

d)

Waxing Gibbous

11.

What moon phase comes next?

a)

New Moon

b)

First Quarter

c)

Full Moon

d)

Third Quarter

12.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

13.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

1st Quarter Moon

b)

3rd Quarter Moon

14.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

15.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

1st Quarter Moon

b)

3rd Quarter Moon

16.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

Waxing Crescent Moon

b)

Waning Crescent Moon

17.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

18.

What is the name of the moon phase in the diagram?

a)

Waxing Gibbous Moon

b)

Waning Gibbous Moon

19.

What is the name of the moon phase at #2

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waning Gibbous

20.

What is the name of the moon phase at #5

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

21.

What is the name of the moon phase at #1

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

22.

What is the name of this moon phase?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waning Gibbous

23.

What is the name of this moon phase?

a)

New Moon

b)

Full Moon

24.

What is the name of this moon phase?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waning Gibbous

25.

Which letter illustrates a New Moon

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

26.

Which letter illustrates a Full Moon

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

27.

Which letter illustrates a 1st quarter Moon

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

28.

Which letter illustrates a 3rd quarter Moon

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

29.

Approximately how many days will it take for this moon phase to appear again?

a)

3-4 days

b)

6-7 days

c)

13-14 days

d)

27-28 days

30.

What moon phase occurs 3-4 days after a waning gibbous moon?

a)

Last Quarter

b)

First Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

31.

What moon phase is seen from Earth when the moon is nearest the sun?

a)

Full Moon

b)

New Moon

c)

First Quarter

d)

Last Quarter

32.

On January 21st, 2026 a full moon will occur. What will be the moon phase on February 1, 202

a)

First Quarter

b)

Full Moon

c)

Last Quarter

d)

New Moon

33.

What moon phase is seen three weeks before a new moon?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Full Moon

c)

Last Quarter

d)

New Moon

34.

What moon phase occurs 10 days before a new moon?

a)

Wanning Crescent

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

35.

What moon phase occurred about 1 week before a waxing crescent?

a)

Full Moon

b)

Last Quarter

c)

First Quarter

d)

New Moon

36.

How long after a first quarter moon will you see the waning crescent moon?

a)

6-7 days

b)

9-10 days

c)

13-14 days

d)

17-18 days

37.

What phase of the moon will occur ~21 days after a last quarter moon?

a)

New Moon

b)

First Quarter

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

38.

What moon phase occurs 3-4 days after a waxing crescent?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Gibbous

39.

Name the phases

a)

waxing crescent

b)

Waning crescent

c)

waxing quarter

d)

waxing gibbous

40.

Name the phase

a)

waning crescent

b)

waning quarter

c)

waning gibbous

d)

new moon

41.

name the phase

a)

waning gibbous

b)

waning quarter

c)

waning crescent

d)

waxing crescent

42.

name the phase

a)

waning gibous

b)

waxing quarter

c)

waning quarter

d)

waxing gibbous

43.

name the phase

a)

waning crescent

b)

waxing quarter

c)

waxing crescent

d)

waning quarter

44.

name the phase

a)

waxing gibbous

b)

waning gibbous

c)

new moon

d)

full moon

45.

name the phase

a)

waning gibbous

b)

waning quarter

c)

waxing gibous

d)

waxing quarter

46.

name the phase

a)

full moon

b)

waxing crescent

c)

waning crescent

d)

new moon

47.

How many days to complete the phases

a)

27 1/3

b)

23.5

c)

29.5

d)

24

48.

how long does it take the moon to rotate and revolve?

a)

27 1/3

b)

23.5

c)

29.5

d)

24

49.

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.

50.

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.

51.

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.

52.

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.

53.

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.

54.

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.

55.

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.

56.

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.

57.

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.

58.

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

59.

As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

a)

swelling

b)

waxing

c)

waning

d)

disappearing

60.

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

61.

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

a)

day

b)

year

c)

week

d)

month

62.

How long is a lunar month?

a)

30

b)

29.5

c)

27

d)

27.3

63.

Changes in the moon's appearance are

a)

phases

b)

eclipses

c)

stages

d)

cycle

64.

What causes the moon's phases

a)

Where you are standing on Earth

b)

the amt of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

c)

The tilt of Earth

d)

how fast the moon is moving

65.

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

a)

clockwise

b)

counterclockwise

c)

upwards

d)

downwards

66.

Define Waxing

a)

Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing

b)

Completely illuminated

c)

dark side is facing earth

d)

Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

67.

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

68.

Define Full Moon

a)

None of moon is visible

b)

Half moon phase is visible

c)

Complete moon face is visible

d)

Less Than half of moon is visible

69.

Define New Moon

a)

None of moon is visible from Earth

b)

All of moon visible from Earth

c)

Moon is 1/2 visible from Earth

d)

Moon is more than Half Visible from Earth

70.

Define Quarter Moon

a)

None of moon visible

b)

Less than Half the moon is visible

c)

More than half of moon is visible

d)

Half of the moon is visible

71.

Name this moon phase

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

72.

Name this moon phase

a)

Waning Crescent

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

73.

The phase of the moon that occurs between the sun and Earth

a)

Full moon

b)

Waxing crescent

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

New Moon

74.

In which moon phase, can the moon not be seen at all?

a)

Waning crescent

b)

Full moon

c)

Waxing gibbous

d)

New moon

75.

The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:

a)

Left Side

b)

Right Side

76.

What is the correct order of the moon phases?

a)

new, full, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter

b)

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

c)

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

d)

new, 1st quarter, 3rd quarter, full

77.

Name this moon phase

a)

waning crescent

b)

waxing crescent

c)

waning gibbous

d)

waxing gibbous

78.

Name this moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

79.

Name this moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

80.

Name this moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

81.

Name this moon phase

a)

First Quarter

b)

Last Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Full Moon

82.

What are the reasons for the season?

a)

Earth's tilt & rotation

b)

Earth's tilt & revolution

c)

Earth's rotation & revolution

d)

Earth's tilt & resolution

83.

Which moon phase is seen from Earth at position #1?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

84.

Which moon phase is seen from Earth at position #4?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

85.

Which moon phase is seen from Earth at position #10?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

86.

Which moon phase is seen from Earth at position #9?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

87.

Which moon phases are "waxing"?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 4

c)

6 and 8

d)

1 and 5

88.

Which moon phases are "waning"?

a)

1 and 2

b)

2 and 4

c)

6 and 8

d)

1 and 5

89.

Which moon phases are "crescents"?

a)

1 and 5

b)

2 and 8

c)

4 and 6

d)

3 and 7

90.

Which moon phases are "gibbous"?

a)

1 and 5

b)

2 and 8

c)

4 and 6

d)

3 and 7

91.

Which moon phase pairs are exact opposites?

a)

1 and 8

b)

2 and 7

c)

1 and 5

d)

3 and 6

92.

Which moon phase pairs are exact opposites?

a)

1 and 8

b)

2 and 8

c)

1 and 4

d)

3 and 6

93.

Which moon phase pairs are exact opposites?

a)

1 and 8

b)

2 and 3

c)

1 and 4

d)

3 and 7

94.

Which moon phase pairs are exact opposites?

a)

4 and 6

b)

2 and 3

c)

1 and 4

d)

3 and 5

95.

What moon phase comes before and after?

a)

before - waxing gibbous
after - 3rd quarter

b)

before - waxing gibbous
after - waning gibbous

c)

before - waning gibbous
after - waxing gibbous

d)

before - 3rd quarter
after - 1st quarter

96.

What moon phase comes before and after?

a)

before - new moon
after - full moon

b)

before - full moon
after - new moon

c)

before - 1st quarter
after - new moon

d)

before - new moon
after - 1st quarter

97.

What moon phase comes before and after?

a)

before - waning gibbous
after - waning crescent

b)

before - waning crescent
after - waning gibbous

c)

before - waxing crescent
after - waxing gibbous

d)

before - waxing gibbous
after - waxing crescent

98.

There will be a full moon on December 13th. When was the new moon?

a)

December 6th

b)

December 9th

c)

December 1st

d)

November 29th

99.

On December 7th there was a 1st quarter moon. When will a 3rd quarter moon start?

a)

December 10th

b)

December 14th

c)

December 17th

d)

December 21st

100.

There is a full moon on December 13th. When will there be a 3rd quarter moon?

a)

December 27th

b)

December 24th

c)

December 20th

d)

December 17th

101.

There is a full moon on December 13th. When will the full moon occur in January?

a)

January 1st

b)

January 7th

c)

January 13th

d)

January 27th

102.

What does "waning" mean?

a)

decreasing

b)

increasing

c)

illuminating

d)

growing

103.

During the moon phases shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

104.

During the moon phases shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

105.

During the moon phase shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

106.

During the moon phase shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

107.

During the moon phase shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

108.

During the moon phase shown in the image Earth will experience a -

a)

Spring Tide

b)

Neap Tide

109.

During which moon phases will Earth experience the strongest, or greatest difference between high and low tides?

a)

First Quarter and Full Moon

b)

First Quarter and Last Quarter

c)

New Moon and Full Moon

d)

New Moon and Last Quarter

110.

During which moon phases will Earth experience the weakest, or least difference between high and low tides?

a)

First Quarter and Full Moon

b)

First Quarter and Last Quarter

c)

New Moon and Full Moon

d)

New Moon and Last Quarter

111.

Neap tides occur when the Earth, Sun and Moon are

a)

At a 90 degree angle

b)

In a straight line

112.

Spring tides occur when the Earth, Sun and Moon are

a)

At a 90 degree angle

b)

In a straight line

113.

Which diagram shows the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a Neap Tide?

a)

b)

c)

d)

114.

Which diagram shows the arrangement of the Earth, Sun and Moon during a Spring Tide?

a)

b)

c)

d)

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