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WorksheetsThe moon phases
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 13mins
Why is the moon visible from Earth?
The moon reflects light from Earth’s surface.
Sunlight that hits the moon is reflected off its surface.
The moon produces its own illumination when heated by the sun.
The moon produces light similar to the sun’s light, but not as strong.
Each of the four main phases of the moon each take place over the course of about
one month.
seven days.
fourteen days.
twenty-one days.
The phase between a full moon and a third quarter moon is called a
waning gibbous moon.
waxing gibbous moon.
waning crescent moon.
waxing crescent moon.
What does "Waning" mean?
The illuminated part of the moon appears to be growing
The moon is completely illuminated
The opposite of wane
The illuminated part of the moon appears to be shrinking.
Define Full Moon
None of the moon is visible
Half of the moon is visible
The complete moon face is visible
Less Than half of moon is visible
Which image represents the 1st quarter moon?
Name the Moon Phase
Full Moon
3rd/Last Quarter Moon
First Quarter Moon
Where is the moon located during a new moon?
high above Earth’s orbital plane
perpendicular to Earth’s axis
directly between Earth and the sun
on the side opposite of Earth from the sun
What does "Waxing" mean?
The illuminated part of the moon appears to be growing
The moon is completely illuminated
Turtle Wax?
The illuminated part of the moon appears to be shrinking.
Why do we always see the same side of the moon from Earth?
because the phases change
because it rotates and revolves at the same rate
because half of the moon always receives sunlight
The moon changes positions
In what direction does the Earth revolve around the sun and the moon revolve around the Earth? (When viewed from above the North Pole)
Clockwise
Counterclockwise
