1. Identify the following moon phase.
WANING GIBBOUS
The moon appears more than half but not quite full.
Waning means that the illuminated side is decreasing.
The left side is the bright side.

2. Identify the following moon phase.
NEW MOON
The moon is not visible from Earth. The moon is between the Sun and the Earth.
The dark side is facing us.
This phase lasts one night.

3. Identify the following moon phase.
WAXING CRESCENT
Waxing means that the bright side is increasing. The right side is the bright side.
Less than one half of the moon is illuminated.
This phase includes any visible moon from a small sliver to almost half.

4. Identify the following moon phase.
WANING CRESCENT
Less than one half of the moon is illuminated.
The moon will continue to become smaller and smaller.

5. Identify the following moon phase.
WAXING GIBBOUS
Gibbous means that more than one half is visible, but it is not quite full.
This phase includes the night after the first quarter to the night before the full moon.

6. Identify the following moon phase.
FIRST QUARTER
The entire right side of the moon is illuminated.
The moon looks like a half circle.
The illuminated side is increasing.
This phase only lasts one night.

7. Identify the following moon phase.
LAST QUARTER
Left Half of the moon is illuminated.
The illuminated side is decreasing.
This phase also only lasts for one night.

8. Identify the following moon phase.
FULL MOON
The moon is full and bright. It looks like a large circle.
The illuminated side is facing us.
Only happens one night per lunation.

9. Which describes a first quarter moon?
Left half of the moon is illuminated.
Right half of the moon is illuminated.
Moon is fully illuminated.
Moon is not visible by direct sunlight. B.

10. Which describes a last quarter moon?
Left half of the moon is illuminated.
Right half of the moon is illuminated.
Moon is fully illuminated.
Moon is not visible by direct sunlight. A.

11. Which describes gibbous moon?
Less than ½ the moon is illuminated.
More than ½ the moon is illuminated. b.

12. Which describes a waning moon?
The illuminated part of the moon is the RIGHT side and it is increasing in size.
The illuminated part of the moon is the LEFT side and it is decreasing in size. b.

13. Which describes a full moon?
Left half of the moon is illuminated.
Right half of the moon is illuminated.
Moon is fully illuminated.
Moon is not visible by direct sunlight. c.

14. Which describes crescent moon?
Less than ½ the moon is illuminated.
More than ½ the moon is illuminated. a.

15. Which describes a new moon?
Left half of the moon is illuminated.
Right half of the moon is illuminated.
Moon is fully illuminated.
Moon is not visible by direct sunlight. d.

16. Which describes a waxing moon?
The illuminated part of the moon is the RIGHT side and it is increasing in size.
The illuminated part of the moon is the LEFT side and it is decreasing in size. a.

17. Looking at the image below, identify if a SOLAR or LUNAR eclipse would occur.
SOLAR ECLIPSE

18. Looking at the image below, identify if a SOLAR or LUNAR eclipse would occur.

19. A lunar eclipse occurs during the _____________ moon phase.
FULL

20. A lunar eclipse does not occur every month because:
Of the moons gravity.
The moon orbits the earth.
The moon is on an ecliptic plane of 5 degreeso that of the Earth & sun.
The moon rotates on its own axis.

21. A solar eclipse occurs during the______________ moon phase.
NEW

22. Which of the following does not explain why the moon appears to go through different “phases.”
The moon changes its position in the sky as it orbits earth.
The moon illuminates itself.
The moon is rotating on its own axis as it revolves around Earth.
The moon is illuminated by the sun.

23. Complete the following sentences.
Each day, the earth experiences _____ low tides.
TWO
Each day, the earth experiences _____ high tides.
We experience high tides and low tides because of the moon’s _________.
GRAVITY