Moon Phases

The moon phase right after a new moon is: (a)  

• waxing gibbous

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• first quarter

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If you see a new moon today, when is the next time you will see a new moon? (a)  

• tomorrow

• 2 weeks

• 1 year

• 29.5 days

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Match the following moon phase names with the correct moon phase pictures.

• last quarter

• 
• waxing crescent

• 
• full moon

• 
• waning gibbous

• 
• first quarter

• 

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The cycle of the moon's phases is completed in __________.

• a full year

• a season

• about a week

• about 28 days

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What does the moon look like when it is gibbous?

• It looks full.

• It looks more than half full.

• No moon visible.

• It looks less than one-quarter full.

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Look carefully at the drawing. Which phase of the Moon will be visible with this rotation?

• Quarter Moon

• New Moon

• Gibbous Moon

• Full Moon

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What causes the moon's phases

• Where you are standing on Earth

• the amount of sunlight reflected onto the moon from the sun

• The tilt of Earth

• how fast the moon is moving

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Changes in the moon's appearance are

• phases

• eclipses

• stages

• cycle

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling

• waxing

• waning

• disappearing

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