Moon Phases

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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Define Waxing

• Moon is increasing and light part appears to be growing
• Completely illuminated
• dark side is facing earth
• Moon is decreasing and light part appears to be shrinking

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How many phases does the moon go through?

• 4
• 8
• 10
• 16

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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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The spinning of the earth on its axis that causes day and night is called

• orbit.

• axis.

• rotation.

• revolution.

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It takes about _____ for the earth to complete one rotation.

• 28 days

• 24 hours

• 365 hours

• 365 days

Match the following

• New moon

• 28 days

• Waning crescent

• 
• Time from full moon to full moon

• 
• Full moon

• 

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Name the moon phase

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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Match the following

• Time from full moon to full moon

• 29 days

• Full moon

• 
• Waning crescent

• 
• New moon

• 

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