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Phases Of The Moon Vocabulary Quiz
Test Description: This game reviews vocabulary words students learn as they study the phases of the moon
Instructions: Answer all questions to get your test result.
1) A full moon occurs:
A
when the moon's illuminated side faces earth and appears as a fully-lighted disk
B
only during a lunar eclipse
C
only in the spring time
D
when the sun's rays bounce off earth to the moon
2) A New Moon occurs when:
A
the side of the moon facing earth lights up
B
when the moon from Mars starts to circle the Earth
C
the moon's illuminated side is facing the Earth
D
earth rotates around the sun at twice the normal rate
3) A waning gibbous is when the moon:
A
seems to be only half illuminated by sunlight
B
is fully lit up by sunlight
C
illumination is increasing
D
when the moon changes shapes five times in a month
4) During the first quarter, you can see:
A
half of the moonlit side of the sun
B
only half of the sunlit side of the moon
C
clearly how the moon is getting much smaller
D
all of the sunlit side of the moon
5) During a waning crescent, illumination of the moon is:
A
increasing
B
decreasing
C
remaining constant
D
nonexistent
6) Explosive impacts have caused many of these holes on the moon
A
eclipses
B
penumbra
C
craters
D
phases
7) During a waxing crescent, illumination of the moon is:
A
remaining constant
B
increasing
C
decreasing
D
nonexistent
8) When does an eclipse occur:
A
only when the Earth is directly between the sun and the moon.
B
when an object in space comes between the sun and another object
C
29.5 days after the last new moon
D
only when the moon is directly between sun and Earth
9) What vocabulary word could have been the substitle for Transformers 3
A
eclipse
B
penumbra
C
umbra
D
lunar
10) The moon goes through its entire process of phases each time it:
A
makes a half circle around Earth
B
completely circles the Earth
C
each time its opposite side faces the Earth
D
move directly between the sun and Earth
*select an answer for all questions
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