ESSU8L1 Lunar Phases and Eclipse

What Moon phase is this?

• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous
• Waning Gibbous

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What Moon phase is this?

• Full Moon
• Waxing Gibbous
• New Moon
• Half Moon

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What Moon phase is this?

• Waxing Crescent
• Waning Gibbous
• Waning Crescent
• Waxing Gibbous

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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What is illuminating the Moon?

• Nuclear Fusion
• Sunlight
• Mirrors
• Flashlights

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The Moon ________ around the Earth.

• moves parallel
• rotates
• doesn't move
• revolves

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The cycle of the moon lasts about ___________.

• 15 days

• 7 days

• 27-28 days

• 30-31 days

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What moon phase would be seen from Earth when the moon is at position 5? 

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

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The amount of time it takes the moon to rotate once on its axis is ________________.

• one year

• one day

• one century

• one month

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Why can't we ever see the other side of the moon?

• The moon doesn't rotate.

• The moon revolves around the earth at the same rate it rotates on its axis.

• The moon revolves around the earth faster than it rotates on its axis.

• The moon revolves around the earth slower than it rotates on its axis.

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