Over to the Moon

Look at the following phases of the Moon. Which letter corresponds to the first quarter phase?

• A

• B

• C

• D

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You observe the moon in the sky and you see the picture below. The diagram shows the position of the moon relative to Earth over the course of about four weeks. Which number best represents the position of the moon when you make your observation?

• Number 1

• Number 4

• Number 6

• Number 8

• I DON'T KNOW, YET!

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Choose all the statements that are true about the phases of the moon. (5 boxes total)

• A full moon occurs when Earth is between the sun and the moon.

• Phases are the shapes that the moon appears to have during the course of the month.

• A new moon occurs when the moon is between Earth and the sun.

• A half circle moon is called a quarter moon.

• A lunar cycle includes every possible way the moon can appear from Earth.

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Karen is creating a presentation about the moon. Every night for a month, Karen observes the moon and records what it looks like. She arranges the different shapes of the moon and labels them according to where they appear during the month. Is the following diagram correct or incorrect?

• True

• False

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When the illuminated whole surface of the moon is facing Earth it is called a _______.

• new moon

• quarter moon

• full moon

• harvest moon

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A quarter moon is one-fourth the way through its cycle, but what we see at this phase is ____.

• half of the moon's visible surface

• all of the moon's visible surface

• none of the moon's visible surface

• a small crescent of the moon's surface

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As the illuminated part of the moon appears to become smaller from night to night, its phases are said to be ______.

• full

• waxing

• new

• waning

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A student uses a flashlight, a tennis ball, and a table-tennis ball to model one of the phases of the moon. Which lunar phase is the student modeling?

• Full moon

• First quarter moon

• New moon

• Third quarter moon

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We only see one side of the moon because one full rotation takes the same amount of time as one full _____.

• eclipse

• revolution

• waxing

• waning

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Which phase occurs when the moon is between Earth and the sun?

• full moon

• new moon

• quarter moon

• harvest moon

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