Moon Phases
This phase looks dark because the lit half faces away from Earth.
What is a New Moon?
Light travels in these.
What are straight lines?
The path the Moon takes around Earth.
What is an orbit?
When the lit part gets larger.
What is waxing?
Is the Moon always half-lit?
What is yes?
This phase shows the whole lit half facing Earth.
What is a Full Moon?
The Moon appears bright because of this bouncing of sunlight.
What is reflection?
About how long it takes for Moon phases to repeat.
What is one month?
When the lit part gets smaller.
What is waning?
Does Earth’s shadow cause normal Moon phases?
What is no?
This phase shows less than half-lit.
What is a Crescent Moon?
This forms when light is blocked.
What is a shadow?
The Moon moves around this planet.
What is Earth?
The shape of the Moon we see from Earth.
What is a phase?
If the Moon looks brighter over time, you see ___ of the lit half.
What is more?
This phase shows half of the Moon lit.
What is a Quarter Moon?
This happens when Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
The Moon phase pattern does this every month.
What is repeat?
The path of one object around another.
What is orbit?
If the Moon looks darker over time, you see ___ of the lit half.
What is less?
These happen because we see different amounts of the lit half as the Moon moves around Earth.
What are Moon phases?
Light does not do this around corners.
What is bend?
This view shows Earth and Moon from above.
What is top view?
To bounce light off a surface.
What is reflect?
When the Moon is between Earth and the Sun, the phase is this.
What is a New Moon?