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Moon

Total questions: 114

Worksheet time: 2hrs 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Why does the moon appear to change shape over the month?

a)

The moon is smaller when it's farther away from us.

b)

Volcanoes on the moon change its shape.

c)

We see only the lighted part of the moon as it moves around Earth

2.

What moon phase would we see here?

a)

Full

b)

New

c)

Crescent

3.

What moon phase would we see on this night?

a)

New moon

b)

Full moon

c)

Gibbous

4.

At this moon phase, how much of it's orbit has the moon completed?

a)

One half

b)

One quarter

c)

None

5.

When the moon appears to get brighter as it approaches a full moon, what is it called?

a)

Waning

b)

Waxing

6.

Exit Question:

How do you feel about your understanding of moon phases?

a)

Great. I think I understand all the phases and why they happen.

b)

Pretty good! I may need a little more practice, but I've got this.

c)

I'm getting there, but I'm still a bit confused.

d)

I'm lost. Help!

7.
The 1st Quarter moon is lit on the:
a)
Left Side
b)
Right Side
8.
Name the moon phase
a)
Waning Crescent
b)
Waxing Crescent
c)
Waning Gibbous
d)
Waxing Gibbous
9.
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
10.
Changes in the moon's appearance are
a)
phases
b)
eclipses
c)
stages
d)
cycle
11.
The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.
a)
day
b)
year
c)
week
d)
month
12.
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
13.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
14.
What is illuminating the Moon?
a)
Nuclear Fusion
b)
Sunlight
c)
Mirrors
d)
Flood Lights
15.
Name the phase of the moon for letter f
a)
Waning Gibbous
b)
Waxing Gibbous
c)
Waning Crescent
d)
Waxing Crescent
16.
Name the phase of the moon for letter a
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
Waxing Gibbous
d)
Waning Gibbous
17.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
18.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
19.
Name the moon phase
a)
First Quarter
b)
Last Quarter
c)
New Moon
d)
Full Moon
20.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
21.
Name the moon phase
a)
waning crescent
b)
waxing crescent
c)
waning gibbous
d)
waxing gibbous
22.

A space object spinning is...

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Axis

23.

An imaginary line that a space object spins on is...

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Axis

24.

A space object goes around another object is...

a)

Rotation

b)

Revolution

c)

Axis

25.

What causes moon phases? (SELECT TWO ANSWERS)

a)

The earth's shadow

b)

The moon revolving around the earth

c)

The moon reflects light from the sun

d)

The rotation of the moon

26.

What is the missing phase?

a)
b)
c)
d)
27.

What is the missing phase?

a)
b)
c)
d)
28.

What is the missing phase?

a)
b)
c)
d)
29.

What happens as the moon revolves around the earth?

a)

The shadow gets darker and darker.

b)

The illuminated (lit) side gets lighter and lighter.

c)

The shadow slowly disappears until it's fully lit, then the lit part slowly disappears until it's completely dark.

30.

Can you see the moon during the day?

a)

Yes

b)

No

31.

What moon phase comes after this?

a)
b)
c)
d)
32.

True or False: The moon is always half lit by the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

33.

True or False: We have moon phases because the earth casts a shadow on the moon.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

What is the result of the moon's orbit being tilted?

a)

A lunar eclipse EVERY month

b)

A lunar eclipse every few years

35.

When the lit part of the moon is getting bigger, we call that ...

a)

Waxing

b)

Waning

36.

When the lit part of the moon is getting smaller, we call that ...

a)

Waxing

b)

Waning

37.

True or False: One side of the moon is always facing the sun.

a)

True

b)

False

38.

Revolution means to

a)

fight a war for change

b)

means to travel around an object.

c)

run around

d)

fight a war for freedom

39.

One Moon's revolution takes

a)

28 days

b)

365 days

c)

24 hours

d)

60 seconds

40.

A rotation means

a)

means turn around and run

b)

means to walk away

c)

means to revolve

d)

means to spin or turn.

41.

The Earth's rotation takes

a)

365 days

b)

28 days

c)

24 hours

d)

60 seconds

42.

The lunar month takes

a)

30 days

b)

27 days

c)

29.5 days

d)

28 days

43.

The changes of the moon are called

a)

calendar

b)

days

c)

phases

d)

phrases

44.

This is

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd quater

45.

This is

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd quater

46.

This is

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd quater

47.

This is

a)

Full Moon

b)

1st quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

3rd quarter

48.

What was the name of the large planet-sized object that hit Earth, creating the moon?

a)

Freya

b)

Theia

c)

Moon Moon

49.

The moon's craters are formed from

a)

oceans

b)

meteor impacts

c)

hardened lava

d)

oxygen

50.

What does the moon look like?

a)
b)
51.
What moon phase is this? 
a)
waxing crescent
b)
waxing gibbous
c)
waning crescent
d)
waning gibbous
52.
What moon phase is this? 
a)
first quarter
b)
third quarter
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waning crescent
53.
What moon phase is this? 
a)
new moon 
b)
full moon
c)
waxing crescent
d)
waning crescent
54.

What is one thing you learned about the moon after this lesson?

4 lines
55.

What questions do you still have about the moon?

4 lines
56.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Gibbous

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

57.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

First Quarter

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waning Crescent

58.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

First Quarter

b)

Third or Last Quarter

c)

Full Moon

d)

Waning Crescent

59.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

New Moon

b)

Third or Last Quarter

c)

Waxing Gibbous

d)

Full Moon

60.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

First Quarter

b)

New Moon

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waxing Crescent

61.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

New Moon

d)

Third or Last Quarter

62.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Crescent

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Waxing Gibbous

63.

Which moon phase is shown?

a)

Third or Last Quarter

b)

First Quarter

c)

New Moon

d)

Waxing Crescent

64.

When the moon is waxing it is ____________________.

a)

Growing or getting bigger

b)

Shrinking or getting smaller

65.

When the moon is waning it is __________________.

a)

Growing, or getting bigger

b)

Shrinking, or getting smaller

66.

The lunar cycle is closely related to which

part of our calendar?

a)

Month

b)

Day

c)

Year

67.

As the moon’s shape appears to get smaller, it is said that the moon is _____

a)

waxing

b)

waning

c)

swelling

68.
a)

Last Quarter

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

First Quarter

d)

Waning Crescent

69.
a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

Waning Gibbous

c)

First Quarter

d)

Waxing Gibbous

70.
a)

Full Moon

b)

Waxing Crescent

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

Waning Gibbous

71.
a)

Waxing Gibbous

b)

New Moon

c)

Waning Gibbous

d)

Full Moon

72.
a)

Waxing Crescent

b)

First Quarter

c)

Third Quarter

d)

Full Moon

73.

What number represents a Waning Crescent

a)

2

b)

4

c)

6

d)

7

e)

8

74.

What numbers represent gibbous moons

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

e)

7

75.

What phase of the moon is represented by number 1 ?

a)

Full Moon

b)

Waxing Gibbous

c)

Waning Crescent

d)

New moon

76.

What phase occurs directly after a Waxing Crescent Moon?

a)

Third Quarter

b)

First Quarter

c)

Waxing Crescent

d)

New Moon

77.
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
78.
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
79.
How long is a lunar month?  
a)
30
b)
29.5
c)
27
d)
27.3
80.

What does waxing mean?

a)

illumination is getting smaller on the left

b)

illumination is getting smaller on the right

c)

illumination is getting bigger on the left

d)

illumination is getting bigger on the right

81.

What does crescent mean?

a)

fully illuminated

b)

half illuminated

c)

more than half illuminated

d)

less than half illuminated

82.
What type of rock is found on the maria?
a)
Obsidian
b)
Basalt
c)
Sandstone
d)
Granite
83.
Densely pitted, light-colored areas on the moon are called ____________.
a)
Craters
b)
Maria
c)
Highlands
d)
Crescents
84.
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
85.
True or false: There can be craters within craters on the moon.
a)
True
b)
False
86.
______________ are regions of dark, smooth, ancient beds of basaltic lava.
a)
Highlands
b)
Maria
c)
Craters
d)
Meteorites
87.
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
88.
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
89.
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
90.
If we are looking at the dark side of the moon (so the sun is shining on the opposite side), what lunar phase is the moon in?
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
First quarter
d)
Third quarter
91.
If we are looking at the moon and it is fully bright, what lunar phase is the moon in?
a)
Full moon
b)
New moon
c)
First quarter
d)
Third quarter
92.
If we are looking at the moon and it is ALMOST fully bright, but not quite a full moon, what lunar phase is it in?
a)
Crescent
b)
New moon
c)
Gibbous
d)
First quarter
93.
When the moon appears to be growing larger, the moon is ______________.
a)
Waxing
b)
Waning
94.
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
95.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
FIRST QUARTER
b)
LAST QUARTER
c)
FULL MOON
d)
NEW MOON
96.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
FULL MOON
b)
NEW MOON
c)
WAXING GIBBOUS
d)
WAXING CRESCENT
97.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
FIRST QUARTER
b)
LAST QUARTER
c)
CRESCENT MOON
d)
NEW MOON
98.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
NEW MOON
b)
FULL MOON
c)
WAXING GIBBOUS
d)
NONE OF THE ABOVE
99.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
CRESCENT MOON
b)
NEW MOON
c)
FULL MOON
d)
WANING GIBBOUS
100.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
WANING GIBBOUS
b)
WAXING GIBBOUS
c)
FULL MOON
d)
WAXING CRESCENT
101.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
WAXING CRESCENT
b)
NEW MOON
c)
HALF MOON
d)
WANING CRESCENT
102.
THE WORD "WAXING" MEANS TO
a)
APPEAR TO GROW
b)
APPEAR TO GET SMALLER
103.
THE WORD "WANING" MEANS TO
a)
APPEAR TO GROW
b)
APPEAR TO GET SMALLER
104.
CHOOSE THE CORRECT MOON PHASE
a)
WANING GIBBOUS
b)
NEW MOON
c)
FULL MOON
d)
WAXING GIBBOUS
105.

True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.

a)

True

b)

False

106.

What is a way of describing how the moon looks during the quarter phase?

a)

invisible

b)

a pizza pie

c)

a half cirlce

d)

a think banana

107.

When the moon waxes, it

a)

goes froma new moon to a ful moon

b)

seems to get bigger in size

c)

goes from a new moon to a full moon

d)

B and C only

108.

When the moon wanes, it

a)

goes from a new moon to a full moon

b)

goes from a full moon back to a new moon

c)

seems to get smaller in size

d)

B and C only

109.

What happens right after the full moon phase?

a)

The moon becomes new

b)

The moon goes through its phases in the reverse order

c)

The moon seems to disappear in the sky

d)

The moon starts to wax

110.

What is the correct order of the first five phases of the moon?

a)

new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

b)

new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full

c)

full, crescent, quarter, gibbous, new

d)

full, quarter, gibbous, crescent, new

111.

What is true of a new moon?

a)

The moon appears invisible

b)

You can see about half the moon

c)

The moon looks like a pizza pie

d)

Its the second phase of the moon

112.

Which moon is shown in the picture?

a)

new

b)

crescent

c)

quarter

d)

gibbous

113.

Which phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

a)

full

b)

gibbous

c)

quarter

d)

crescent

114.

Why does the moon appear bigger than the planets or stars?

a)

The lack of atmosphere on the moon makes it look bigger.

b)

In reality, the moon is much bigger than the planets and stars.

c)

The planets and stars are farther away

d)

The moon's gravity makes it look bigger

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