Moon Phases

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

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True

Front

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

Back

A half circle

Front

What happens right after the full moon phase?

Back

The moon goes through its phases in reverse order.

Front

What is the correct order of the first five phases of the moon? Options: new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full, new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full, full, crescent, quarter, gibbous, new, full, quarter, gibbous crescent, new

Back

new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

Front

What is true of a new moon?

Back

The moon appears invisible

Front

Which phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

Back

crescent

Front

Which phase of the moon is shown in the picture? Options: full, gibbous, quarter, crescent

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gibbous

Front

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

Back

The planets and stars are further away.

Front

What causes day and night?

Back

the tilt of the earth on its axis

Front

Orbit is:

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an imaginary path in space