Quiz about The Moon

Question 1

During a _____, the sky seems very dark because there is no light from the moon.

Accepted Answer

new moon

Answer

quarter moon

Answer

full moon

Answer

half moon

Question 2

Choose the word that goes best with the image.

Accepted Answer

full moon

Answer

crescent moon

Answer

new moon

Answer

quarter moon

Question 3

In phase two, I'll have a thin banana shape,

A ______, most of my face is hidden in the shade.

A few days later as I continue my trip

Accepted Answer

crescent

Answer

new moon

Answer

full moon

Answer

quarter moon

Question 4

A ______ eclipse makes the moon appear dark.

Accepted Answer

lunar

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gibbous

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quarter

Answer

solar

Question 5

The sun hits me more 'til half my face is lit.

This is phase three, also known as the ______,

My shape is like a half circle, a wedge of orange.

Accepted Answer

quarter

Answer

crescent

Answer

full moon

Answer

new moon

Question 6

the shape of the moon in its first or last quarter, resembling a curved shape that is pointed at each end.

Accepted Answer

crescent

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new moon

Answer

phase

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full moon

Question 7

When there is a _______, the sky appears very bright, and the moon is a complete circle.

Accepted Answer

full moon

Answer

quarter moon

Answer

new moon

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crescent

Question 8

Choose the word that goes best with the image.

Accepted Answer

new moon

Answer

quarter moon

Answer

gibbous

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crescent

Question 9

My shape seems to change night-to-night,

That's just how much sun reflection you can see, all right?

And in about a month, I circle the Earth,

I go through ______, let me tell you about the first.

Accepted Answer

phases

Answer

lunar

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reflections

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crescent

Question 10

Choose the word that goes best with the image

Accepted Answer

wax

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wane

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quarter

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new moon

Question 11

Phase four is _______, about as big as it gets,

I look bigger and brighter as more sunlight reflects.

Accepted Answer

gibbous

Answer

new moon

Answer

crescent

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wax

Question 12

Which word is a synonym to decrease, diminish, and dwindle?

Accepted Answer

wane

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wax

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crescent

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lunar

Question 13

Which _______ will the moon be in tomorrow?

Accepted Answer

phase

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lunar

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wane

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wax

Question 14

When the moon has made a ________ revolution around the Earth, we can only see half of it.

Accepted Answer

quarter

Answer

crescent

Answer

phase

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lunar

Question 15

Choose the word that goes best with the image

Accepted Answer

gibbous

Answer

new moon

Answer

crescent

Question 16

Which word is an antonym for wane?

Accepted Answer

wax

Answer

phase

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gibbous

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lunar

Question 17

True or False: The moon does not produce its own light.

Accepted Answer

True

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False

Question 18

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

Accepted Answer

half circle

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invisible

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pizza pie

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thin banana

Question 19

When the moon waxes, it ________.

Accepted Answer

A and B only

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goes from a new moon to a full moon

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seems to get bigger in size

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goes from a full moon back to a new moon

Question 20

When the moon wanes, it ________.

Accepted Answer

B and C only

Answer

goes from a new moon to a full moon

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goes from a full moon back to a new moon

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seems to get smaller in size

Question 21

What happens right after the full moon phase?

Accepted Answer

The moon goes through its phases in reverse order

Answer

The moon becomes new

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the moon seems to disappear in the sky

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the moon starts to wax

Question 22

What is the correct order of the first five phases of the moon?

Accepted Answer

new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

Answer

new, crescent, gibbous, quarter, full

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full, crescent, quarter, gibbous, new

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full, quarter, gibbous, crescent, new

Question 23

What is true of a new moon?

Accepted Answer

The moon appears invisible

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You can see about half the moon

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The moon looks like a pizza pie

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It's the second phase of the moon

Question 24

Why does the moon appear bigger than the planets and stars?

Accepted Answer

The planets and stars are farther away.

Answer

The lack of atmosphere on the moon makes it look bigger.

Answer

In reality, the moon is much bigger than the planets and stars.

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The moon's gravity makes it look bigger.

Question 25

What people sometimes call "moonlight" is actually sunlight reflecting off the moon's surface. The moon itself doesn't give off any light at all. But the moon can sometimes look blue, orange or even red depending on the particles (like dust or pollution) in the atmosphere and the moon's location in the sky.

It takes approximately one month for the moon to travel around the Earth. Because of the moon's movement around the Earth and the reflected light from the sun, we see different portions of the moon's lit half at different times.

A month of lunar phases

While out camping one spring night, you think the moon looks orange. What is one possible explanation?

Accepted Answer

The dust in the atmosphere makes the moon appear orange.

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The moon is in its orange phase.

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The sun is orange, and the moon is reflecting its reddish light.

Answer

The moon itself is giving off an orange light.

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