Moon antics

The moon.....

• ...changes shape. It begins as a circle shape and slowly shrinks to a crescent shape, then back again.

• ...always stays the same shape. It just looks from earth like it is changing shape.

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Can the moon ever run out of light?

• No

• Yes

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Where does the moon's light come from?

• The moon creates its own light (just like the sun does).

• From the light of the sun shining onto the moon's surface.

• From the reflection of the night time lights from planet earth.

• The twinkling of the stars in the milky way light the moon up.

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Is it possible to see the moon during the daytime?

• Yes

• No

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Tick all of the words that can be used to describe the moon.

• New moon

• Full moon

• First quarter

• Supermoon

• Waxing gibbons

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Tick all of the words that can be used to describe the moon.

• Waning crescent

• Blood moon

• Full Time

• Blue moon

• Third Quarter

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