Moon Phases Quiz

Which moon phase is this?

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

• New Moon

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What is it called when the light part of the moon is getting larger?

• Waxing

• Waning

• Eclipsing

• Diminishing

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Which moon phase is this?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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Which moon phase is this?

• Waxing Gibbous

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

• Waning Crescent

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During which moon phase is the entire face of the moon illuminated?

• Crescent moon

• New moon

• Full moon

• Gibbous moon

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Which moon phase is characterized by a thin sliver of the moon being visible?

• Crescent moon

• Full moon

• Quarter moon

• Gibbous moon

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The diagram shows Earth and the moon. At which numbered locations will the tides be the highest?

• 1 and 2

• 3 and 4

• 2 and 4

• 1 and 3

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The moon gets its light from

• the earth

• the sun

• the stars

• making its own light

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Tides are caused by

• strong winds that blow over ocean waters.

• the gravitational pull of the moon and the sun.

• the shifting of the plates on the ocean floor.

• changes in the salinity of the ocean water.

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What is the definition of "revolve"?

• To spin around

• To move around another object

• A lighted part of the moon as it appears from Earth

• The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another

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