Mrs. McPherson’s Newsletter for March 24th-28th

The path that a planet, moon, or satellite takes as it moves around another object in space is called:

• Orbit

• Trajectory

• Pathway

• Route

A full circle or journey around an object, like Earth’s revolution around the Sun, is called:

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Spin

A stage in the cycle of the moon or another repeating process, like the different shapes of the moon we see from Earth, is called a:

• phase

• cycle

• orbit

• rotation

The shape of the moon that looks like a thin, curved slice, like the letter 'C,' is called a:

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Crescent Moon

• Gibbous Moon

The phase of the moon when half of the moon’s surface is visible from Earth, either the right or left side, is called:

• Full Moon

• New Moon

• Quarter Moon

• Crescent Moon

The phase of the moon when more than half of it is visible from Earth, but it is not yet full, is called:

• New Moon

• First Quarter

• Gibbous

• Full Moon

What is it called when the moon’s lighted part gets bigger, or increases, after the new moon?

• Waning

• Waxing

• Full Moon

• Eclipse

What is it called when the moon’s lighted part gets smaller, or decreases, after the full moon?

• Waning

• Waxing

• New Moon

• Full Moon

The series of moon phases that repeats about every 29.5 days, starting from one new moon to the next, is called:

• Lunar Cycle

• Solar Cycle

• Eclipse Cycle

• Tidal Cycle

What is it called when light bounces off a surface, like how we see the moon’s light because it reflects the Sun’s light?

• Reflection

• Refraction

• Diffusion

• Absorption