Mini-Quiz

Moon Phases and Eclipses

Directions
O Record questions AND answers in

your ISN
O Label the page number in your Table
of Contents
O Write in COMPLETE SENTENCES or
WRITE THE FULL ANSWER not just
the letter.

1. Put the following Moon

Phases in order.
O Waxing Gibbous
O Waning Gibbous
O Waxing Crescent
O Waning Crescent
O Full Moon
O New Moon
O First Quarter
O Third Quarter

2. Waxing : Growing ::
_______ : Shrinking
O A) Crescent
O B) Waning
O C) Third Quarter

3. A gibbous moon is ___________

while a crescent moon is ___________.
O A) less than half illuminated (lit),

more than half illuminated (lit)

O B) half illuminated (lit), not half
illuminated (lit)
O C) more than half illuminated (lit),
less than half illuminated (lit)

4. How does the moons

appearance change during the
month?
O This is a short answer. Write the

question and your answer in your

ISN.

5. If the sun comes in from one directions,

why do I see different shapes of the moon?
O This is a short answer. Write the

question and your answer in your

ISN.

6. The earth rotates around

its?
O A) Axis
O B) Equator
O C) Orbit

7. The Earth revolves around

the Sun along its?
O A) Axis
O B) Equator
O C) Orbit

8. A solstice occurs when the sun reaches

the greatest distance from the ?
O A) Axis
O B) Equator
O C) Orbit

9. Halfway between the solstice,

the Earth experiences equal day
and night during a(n) ?
O A) Equinox
O B) Solstice
O C) Eclipse

10. What is Astronomy?

O Write your answer in your ISN

Extra Credit:
How long is one moon phase cycle?
O A) 29.5 Days
O B) 28 Days
O C) 30 Days

Lets Check Our

Answers!!!

1. Put the following Moon

Phases in order.
O New Moon
O Waxing Crescent
O First Quarter
O Waxing Gibbous
O Full Moon
O Waning Gibbous
O Third Quarter
O Waning Crescent

2. Waxing : Growing ::
_______ : Shrinking
O A) Crescent
O B) Waning
O C) Third Quarter

3. A gibbous moon is ___________

while a crescent moon is ___________.
O A) less than half illuminated (lit),

more than half illuminated (lit)

O B) half illuminated (lit), not half
illuminated (lit)
O C) more than half illuminated (lit),
less than half illuminated (lit)

4. How does the moons

appearance change during the
month?
O This is a short answer. Write the

question and your answer in your

ISN.
O Eg: The phase of the moon you see
depends on how much of the sunlit
side of the moon faces Earth. It
appears to grow and shrink through
out the month.

5. If the sun comes in from one directions,

why do I see different shapes of the moon?
O This is a short answer. Write the

question and your answer in your

ISN.
O Eg- Our perspective from Earth shifts
as the moon revolves around us in
relation to the sun. This causes
different shapes to appear as a result
of the Moons relative position to the
Sun and Earth.

6. The earth rotates around

its?
O A) Axis
O B) Equator
O C) Orbit

7. The Earth revolves around

the Sun along its?
O A) Axis
O B) Equator
O C) Orbit

8. A solstice occurs when the sun reaches

the greatest distance from the ?
O A) Axis
O B) Equator
O C) Orbit

9. Halfway between the solstice,

the Earth experiences equal day
and night during a(n) ?
O A) Equinox
O B) Solstice
O C) Eclipse

10. What is Astronomy?

O Write your answer in your ISN
O Eg- Astronomy is the study of the

moon, starts and other objects in

space.

Extra Credit:
How long is one moon phase cycle?
O A) 29.5 Days
O B) 28 Days
O C) 30 Days

Congrats!!!