Phases of the moon
Phases 2
The moon 1
The moon 2
The moon 3
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Why does the moon seem to change shape?
Answers vary.
100
When the moon is about 3/4 the way through its revolution, it is in a ______________(last quarter) moon.
Third-quarter moon
100
True or False: The moon creates its own light.
False
100
What is the side of the moon that is always turned away from us?
The Far Side
100
When the moon is larger than a semicircle, but not a full moon, it is called a _________moon.
Gibbous
200
A _________is the shape of the lit area of the moon as seen from Earth.
Lunar Phase
200
When the moon is waning, it is:
shrinking
200
The moon orbits the Earth once every month and each orbit takes about how many days?
27.3 days
200
Side of the moon that is visible to us
near side
200
When the moon's shape is smaller than a semicircle, but not completely dark, it is a ________moon.
crescent
300
When the moon is directly between Earth and the Sun, it is not ___________.
visible
300
When the moon is waxing, it is:
growing
300
What phase is this?
Full Moon
300
DAILY DOUBLE!!
What phase is this?
First Quarter
300
How many moon phases do we have?
8
400
When the moon is one quarter of the way through its revolution around Earth, it is called:
First-quarter moon
400
What moon phase would we be experiencing in position 7?
Third Quarter
400
Where does the moon get its light source from?
The Sun
400
What phase is this?
Waning Gibbous
400
True or false: Half of the moon is always lit up
True!
500
About 7 days after the First-quarter moon, the moon is a __________moon, where Earth is directly between the moon and the sun.
Full
500
What moon phase would we be experiencing in position 4?
Waxing Gibbous
500
How long does it take for the moon to make one rotation? How long does it take for it to make one revolution?
27.3 Days
500
Name the moon phase
New Moon
500
What moon phase would we see based on this picture?
New Moon