Test Questions and Answers

1. What moon phase would be seen from Earth when the moon is at position 1?

• new moon
• first quarter
• third quarter
• full moon

2. What moon phase is this?

• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous
• waning crescent
• waning gibbous

3. What moon phase would be seen from Earth when the moon is at position 5?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

4. What moon phase is this?

• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous
• waning crescent
• waning gibbous

5. What phase of the moon would be visible from Earth when the moon is at position 1?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

6. What phase of the moon would be visible when the moon is at position 3?

• new moon
• first quarter
• full moon
• third quarter

7. What moon phase is this?

• new moon
• full moon
• waxing crescent
• waning crescent

8. What moon phase would be visible from Earth when the moon is at position 5?

• first quarter
• third quarter
• new moon
• full moon

9. What moon phase is this?

• first quarter
• third quarter
• waxing crescent
• waning crescent

10. What moon phase is this?

• new moon
• full moon
• waxing crescent
• waning crescent

11. What does “waxing” mean?

• growing
• shrinking
• lighted
• dark

12. What does “waning” mean?

• growing
• shrinking
• lighted
• dark

13. What side of the moon is the light on when the moon is waning?

• left
• right
• front
• back

14. What side of the moon is the light on when the moon is waxing?

• left
• right
• front
• back

15. How much of the moon is always lit?

• can’t tell
• always changes
• half
• 3/4

16. Name the moon phase that would come AFTER this moon.

• waning crescent
• waxing crescent
• waning gibbous
• waxing gibbous

17. What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

18. About how long does it take the moon to make one complete cycle around the earth?

• 65 days
• 8 days
• 365 days
• 28 days

19. TRUE or FALSE
We can see the moon during the day.

• True
• False

20. The moon seems to change shape from day to day in a cycle that lasts about a month as it goes through ____.

• revolutions
• phases
• rotations
• eclipses

21. How many moon phases are there?

• 8
• 7
• 4
• 1

22. As the moon’s shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is _.

• swelling
• waxing
• waning
• disappearing

23. Phases of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger are referred to as ____.

• eclipse
• waning
• new
• waxing

24. Which of the following words describe the phases of the moon?

•  quarters, full
• new, crescent, quarter, gibbous, full
• dark, light, half, quarter, blue
• first quarter, second quarter, third quarter, fourth quarter

25. The type of tide that occurs during the full or new moon is called _____. It shows the greatest difference in the low and high tide.

• spring tide
• summer tide
• neap tide
• fall tide

26. High tide and low tide are caused by…

• Only the sun’s gravitational pull
• The Earth’s tilt on its axis
• The gravitation pull of the moon
• The movement of ocean waves

27. If the sun, moon, and Earth are lined up, what does this diagram represent?

• full moon
• new moon
• lunar eclipse
• solar eclipse

28. What happens when there is a spring tide

• no tides
• really high tides
• really low tides
• all the above

29. The Moon ________ around the Earth.

• moves parallel
• rotates
• moves perpendicular
• revolves

30. What moon phase is at position 6?

• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous
• waning gibbous
• waning crescent

31. What moon phase is at position 4?

• waxing crescent
• waxing gibbous
• waning gibbous
• waning crescent

32. What causes the moon to be illuminated?

• The Sun
• Drake
• The Ocean

33. When we cannot see the moon from Earth, what kind of moon is it?

• Waning Crescent
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Old Moon

34. When we can see the whole moon from the Earth what kind of moon is it?

• Full Moon
• Sad moon
• New Moon
• Gibbous

35. When the lighted part of the moon is getting smaller what kind of moon is it?

• Waxing
• Waning

36. How long does it take for the Earth to spin on its axis?

• It doesn’t spin
• 24 hours
• 365 days
• 3651/4 days

37. What phase is this?

• Full Moon
• First Quarter Moon
• Last Quarter Moon
• New Moon

38. What phase is this?

• Full Moon
• New Moon
• Waxing Gibbous Moon

39. How many days does it take to go from New Moon to New Moon?

• 28 days
• 29.5 days
• 27 days
• 365 days

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