Lunar Cycle Vocabulary

Name this moon phase.

• new moon

• 1st quarter moon

• last quarter moon

• waning gibbous

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During the phases of the Moon, the Moon appears to change shape.  This change in appearance is due to the Moon...

• physically changing size and shape.

• moving closer and then farther away from Earth.

• reflecting a different amount of light due to alignment with Earth and the Sun.

• having craters on its surface.

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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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The cycle of the moon lasts about a _.

• day

• year

• week

• month

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A _______________ is the blocking of sunlight to the moon; occurs when the moon passes through earth's shadow.

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• umbra

• penumbra

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What is this moon phase?

• waning crescent

• waxing crescent

• waning gibbous

• waxing gibbous

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During what phase of the moon can a lunar eclipse occur?

• waxing gibbous

• first quarter

• new moon

• full moon

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What is it called when more than half of the moon is lit on the right side and light is increasing?

• Waxing cresent

• Waxing gibbous

• Waning gibbous

• Waning cresent

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Waxing phases are when the light is being:

• Gained

• Lost

• Staying the same

• Neither

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Does this picture represent a waxing or waning moon?

• waxing

• waning

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