Moon Phases Quiz

What is the pattern of the moon phases over 29 ½ days?

• Lunar Cycle

• Moon Phases

• Seasons

• Waxing

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What is the phase of the moon when the entire side facing Earth is illuminated?

• Crescent

• Full Moon

• Gibbous

• Quarter Moon

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What is to spin around an axis?

• Pattern

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Waxing

What is a natural satellite that orbits a planet?

• Crescent

• Full Moon

• Gibbous

• Moon

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What is the increasing or growing phase of light?

• Waning

• Waxing

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What is the complete journey of an object around another object in space?

• Pattern

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Waxing

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What is the decreasing or diminishing phase of light?

• Waning

• Waxing

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What is the Moon phase in which less than half of the Moon appears to be illuminated?

• Crescent

• Full Moon

• Gibbous

• Quarter Moon

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What is the shape of the illuminated portion of the moon as seen by an observer?

• Pattern

• Moon Phase

• Shadow

• Waxing

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What is the phase of the moon that occurs when the Moon is between Earth and the Sun with the unlit side facing Earth?

• Crescent

• Full Moon

• Gibbous

• New Moon

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