Practice Quiz: Earth, sun & moon

a moon phase that looks like less than a half circle from Earth

• exomoon

• full moon

• crescent moon

• gibbous moon

• quarter moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a moon phase that looks like more than a half circle from Earth

• full moon

• crescent moon

• quarter moon

• waxing

• gibbous moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

to shine light on an object and make it visible

• illuminate

• orbit

• sun

• moon

• scale

Tags

NGSS.4-PS4-2

when the Moon is completely dark due to Earth's shadow

• orbit

• new moon

• lunar eclipse

• exoplanet

• waning

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

a moon phase where the illuminated portion of the Moon is not visible from the Earth

• new moon

• full moon

• gibbous moon

• waning

• waxing

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

something we observe to be similar over and over again

• model

• pattern

• reasoning

• claim

• full moon

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun

• exoplanet

• exomoon

• moon phase

• illuminate

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The phases of the moon depend on how much of the lighted side of the moon can be seen from Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A lunar eclipse happens during a new moon.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A solar eclipse occurs when the moon moves directly between the sun and Earth.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1