Astronomy

Lexie, Liam, and Lily are stargazing and notice a moon phase where the moon is not visible at all. What is the name of this moon phase?

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Fernando, Vladimir, and Bo are observing the night sky. They notice a moon phase where the entire face of the moon is illuminated. What is the name of this moon phase?

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Roxanne, Susan, and Karina are learning about moon phases in their science class. Their teacher asked them to identify the current moon phase. If it's not the 'New Moon', 'Last Quarter', or 'Full Moon', what phase could it be?

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Carol, Heidi, and Jessica are stargazing and they notice a night where they can't see the moon at all. Which moon phase are they observing?

• Waning crescent

• Full moon

• Waxing gibbous

• New moon

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Alexandra, Martin, and Dorothee are learning about the moon's phases in their science class. Their teacher asked, 'Which of the following sets of words accurately describe the phases of the moon?'

• none, quarter, half, three quarters, full

• new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full

• dark, light, half, quarter, blue

• first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Patricia, Magalie, and Gabriel are stargazing and discussing the lunar cycle. How many phases does the moon go through in this cycle?

• 4

• 8

• 10

• 16

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J-P, and Caro are observing the moon and discussing its phases. They notice a particular phase where the moon appears to be getting smaller. What is the name of this moon phase?

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waxing Gibbous

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Fred, Juju, and Lili are stargazing and observing the moon phases. They see a particular moon phase and wonder which phase will come AFTER it. Can you help them?

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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Jimmy, Edward, and Chase were observing the moon through a telescope. They noticed that they always see the same side of the moon. Is this observation correct?

• True

• False

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Ezekiel, Jordan, and Nathan are studying astronomy. They learned that it takes about one ________ for the moon to orbit Earth.

• day

• month

• year 

• minute

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