Moon and its phases

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• (of the moon) to gradually decrease the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get smaller, until the new moon.

• (of the moon) to gradually increase the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get bigger, until the full moon.

• half of moon visible and getting bigger

• Earth's shadow falls on the moon

Match the following

• moon's shadow falls on Earth

• wane

• (of the moon) to gradually decrease the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get small

• wax

• half of moon visible and getting bigger

• solar eclipse

• (of the moon) to gradually increase the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get bigge

• first quarter

• Earth's shadow falls on moon

• lunar eclipse

Match the following

• half of moon visible, aka third quarter

• waning gibbous

• just before new moon

• first quarter

• less than full moon, but more than half

• lunar eclipse

• half of moon visible and getting bigger

• last quarter

• Earth's shadow falls on moon

• waning crescent

Match the following

• the shape of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a curved shape that is pointed at eac

• the phase of the moon when it is invisible from Earth because it passes directly between the Earth and the sun.

• one of the aspects of the moon as we see it from Earth, relating to how much of it is visible at dif

• crescent

• quarter

• phase

• new moon

• full moon

• you see all the moon; it looks like a full circle

• the phase of the moon that occurs a quarter of the way through the moon's revolution. The face appears half-illuminated.

Match the following

• no light on moon

• of the moon when it is more than half but less than fully illuminated.

• gibbous

• waxing crescent

• of or relating to the moon.

• lunar

• more than new moon, but less than first quarter

• waxing gibbous

• more than first quarter but before full moon

• new moon

Match the following

• (of the moon) to gradually decrease the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get small

• wax

• no light on moon

• solar eclipse

• waxing gibbous

• wane

• (of the moon) to gradually increase the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get bigge

• new moon

• moon's shadow falls on Earth

• waxing gibbous

wane

• (of the moon) to gradually decrease the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get smaller, until the new moon.

• (of the moon) to gradually increase the part of the surface that is illuminated or seem to get bigger, until the full moon.

• half of moon visible and getting bigger

• Earth's shadow falls on moon

reorder the following: what is the correct order of the first 5 phases of the moon

• new

• full

• crescent

• gibbous

• quarter

true or false the moon does not produce it's own light

• TRUE

• FALSE

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

• a half circle

• a thin banana

• invisible

• a pizza pie