Lunar Phases and Seasons

What lunar phase appears prior to the phase shown below?

• First quarter

• Full moon

• Waxing crescent

• Waning gibbous

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Why does the moon appear to change shape each lunar month?

• Each month, Earth revolves around the sun and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible.

• Each month, the moon rotates around the sun and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible

• Each month, Earth rotates around the moon and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible.

• Each month, the moon revolves around Earth and only portions of the bright side of the moon are visible.

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As the lunar cycle progresses from new moon to full moon, the visible light seen from Earth —

• disappears

• increases

• decreases

• wanes

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A student uses eight chocolate sandwich cookies to model the moon’s phases. The student separates each cookie and removes frosting to show how the moon looks at each phase. How would the student create the waning gibbous phase?

• Remove most of the frosting from the left side of the cookie

• Remove half the frosting from the left side of the cookie

• Remove a little of the frosting from the right side of the cookie

• Remove all the frosting

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What causes the phases of the moon?

• The Earth's shadow on the Moon

• The Moon's shadow on the Earth

• The relative positions of the Earth, Moon, and Sun

• The rotation of the Moon on its axis

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What is the name of the phase of the moon when the entire sunlit side of the moon faces Earth

• Crescent

• Third Quarter

• Full Moon

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At which moon position would a person on earth see a new moon

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Which location of the moon relative to the sun and earth may produce a lunar eclipse?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as ____.

• waxing

• new

• waning

• eclipse

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A solar eclipse can ONLY occur when the moon is in which phase?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Quarter Moon

• Crescent Moon

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