Lunar Cycle

What is this phase?

• New Moon

• Crescent

• Quarter

• Gibbous

• Full Moon

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Where would the Sun need to be in this diagram to cause these phases of the moon?

• At the Bottom

• At the Left

• At the Top

• At The Right

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What would the moon look like 15 days after this one?

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

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The image shows how the moon looks during the lunar cycle. The moon will look this way again in about -

• one week

• one month

• one year

• one century

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About how long does it take for the moon to go from new moon to full moon?

• 1 day

• 7 days

• 14 days

• 1 month

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What phase of the moon is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

• last quarter

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What moon phase is shown in the picture?

• first quarter

• new moon

• last quarter

• full moon

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When the entire moon is visible. Happens half way through the lunar cycle only .

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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First phase of the lunar cycle; not visible and it's often represented by a black circle.

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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The lunar cycle takes 29.5 days

• True
• False

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