NAME_____DATE______PERIOD:4TH

#1

1. what moon is this A) waxing gibbous B) Waning gibbous C) Waning crescent D) New moon

#2

2. When its waxing____________ A) You’ll see light on the left B) You’ll see light on the right

C) You’ll see light on both sides D) you’ll see light on a half side

#3

3. Only one side of the Moon faces Earth during a single twenty-seven-day lunar revolution. This suggests that the Moon rotates

A) once a day.B) once a year.C) once every lunar cycle.D) twice every lunar cycle.

#4

4. In the image, which phase of the moon would you see from the earth?

A) Crescent

B) FullC) HalfD) New

#5

5. What causes the phases of the moon as observed from the Earth?

A) Filtering of the light from the moon due to the Earth's atmosphere

B) The tidal forces of the Earth's oceans change the appearance of the moon

C) Change in distance of the moon from the Earth as it orbits in an elliptical orbit

D) The angle of light from the sun as it reflects off the moon and viewed from the Earth's surface

#6

6. What moon is this? A) Full moon B) First quarter C) last quarter D) half moon

#7

7. According to this, where is the sun ?A.AB.BC.C D.D

#8

8. True or false, we only see one side of the moon.

A) True B) False

#9

9. True or false the moon has 9 phasesA) True B) False

#10

10. What moon is this? A) Full moon B) Waxing gibbousC) Waning gibbous D) first quarter