Earth and Space Review

What does waxing mean?

• appears to get BIGGER

• appears to get SMALLER

• remains the SAME

• disappears completely

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What is the term for the phase of the moon when it is getting larger?

• Waxing

• Waning

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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What is the term for the phase of the moon when it is getting smaller?

• Waning

• Waxing

• Full Moon

• New Moon

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As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _?

• waxing

• waning

• gibbous

• crescent

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What is the term for the phase of the moon when it is fully illuminated?

• New Moon

• Crescent Moon

• Full Moon

• Gibbous Moon

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What season follows Winter in the northern hemisphere?

• Summer

• Spring

• Autumn

• Monsoon

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What is the term for the phase of the moon when it is not visible from Earth?

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• First Quarter

• Last Quarter

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What is the term for the time it takes for the moon to complete one full cycle of phases?

• Solar month (about 30 days)

• Lunar month (about 29.5 days)

• Sidereal month (about 27.3 days)

• Tropical month (about 27.3 days)

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What is the moon phase that comes AFTER a waning gibbous?

• waning crescent

• waxing gibbous

• full moon

• new moon

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What season is at location 2 in the northern hemisphere?

• Spring

• Summer

• Fall

• Winter

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