Shadows and Moon Phases

• Quarter Moon

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Gibbous Moon

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• June 20

• June 27

• June 30

• June 13

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Which activity would be best for mapping the position of a shadow during the afternoon?

• Place a penny on the sidewalk. Remember the shadow made by the penny once every hour for 5 hours and record that on paper at the end of the 5 hours.

• Place a chair outside. Sit in the chair for 5 hours and watch the shadows of buildings, trees, and other objects change shapes.

• Place a tall object outside. Use sunglasses to protect your eyes while recording the shadow made by the object. Draw the shadow on a piece of paper every hour for 5 hours.

• Stand in one place for 5 hours. Observe the shadow change over time.

Which picture of the moon shows the new moon phase?

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What phase of the moon is indicated by #1

• full moon

• first quarter moon

• new moon

• last quarter moon

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Choose the correct moon phase.

• Full moon

• Crescent moon

• Waxing Gibbous

• New moon

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Name the moon phase

• First quarter

• Last quarter

• New moon

• Full moon

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As the moon moves from a new moon to a full moon, you see...

• The moon appearing increasingly lighter.

• The amount of light the moon is receiving is decreasing.

• The amount of light the moon gets stays constant.

• More light and then less light.

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Name the moon phase

• Waning crescent

• Waxing crescent

• Waning gibbous

• Waxing gibbous

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What causes the different phases of the moon?

• The Earth's rotation on its axis

• The moon's rotation on its axis

• The moon's orbit around the Earth

• The Earth's orbit around the sun

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