Quiz about Moon Phases (Southern Hemisphere)

Question 1

What moon phase is this picture?

Accepted Answer

This is the full moon phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.

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This is the waning gibbous moon phase.

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This is the first quarter moon phase.

Question 2

What moon phase is this picture?

Accepted Answer

This is the waning crescent phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous phase.

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This is the waning gibbous phase.

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This is the new moon phase.

Question 3

What is this moon phase?

Accepted Answer

This is the waning gibbous phase.

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This is the waxing crescent phase.

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This is the full moon phase.

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This is the last quarter moon

Question 4

What is this moon phase?

Accepted Answer

This is the last quarter moon phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.

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This is the first quarter moon phase.

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This is the new moon phase.

Question 5

What moon phase is this picture?

Accepted Answer

This is the waxing crescent moon phase.

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This is the full moon phase.

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This is the waning crescent moon phase.

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This is the waning gibbous moon phase.

Question 6

What moon phase is this picture?

Accepted Answer

This is the waning crescent moon phase.

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This is the new moon phase.

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This is the waxing crescent moon phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.

Question 7

What moon phase is this image?

Accepted Answer

This is the new moon phase.

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This is the full moon phase.

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This is the last quarter moon phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous moon.

Question 8

What phase of the moon is this image?

Accepted Answer

This is the first quarter moon phase.

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This is the last quarter moon phase.

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This is the full moon phase.

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This is the waxing gibbous moon phase.

Question 9

What is the difference between a gibbous moon and a crescent moon?

Accepted Answer

The gibbous shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.

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The crescent shows more than half of the bright side of the moon.

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The gibbous shows less than half of the bright side of the moon.

Question 10

How many phases does the moon go through?

Accepted Answer

8

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4

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10

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18

Question 11

What part of the moon do we see from Earth?

Accepted Answer

the same side

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all of it

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none of it

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only one quarter

Question 12

The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through _.

Accepted Answer

phases

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revolutions

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rotations

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eclipses

Question 13

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

Accepted Answer

waning

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swelling

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waxing

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disappearing

Question 14

Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as _.

Accepted Answer

waxing

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waning

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new

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eclipse

Question 15

The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

Accepted Answer

month

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day

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year

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week

Question 16

How long is a lunar month?

Accepted Answer

29.5 days

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30 days

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27 days

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23.5 days

Question 17

When looking at the moon through its phases, the lighted area ___

Accepted Answer

builds from the left, fills to full and decreases on the right

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builds from the right, fills to full and decreases on the left

Question 18

The Moon appears upside down when viewed from the other hemisphere...

Accepted Answer

True

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False

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Only when seen in the day

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Only when view at night

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