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- 1. Multiple Choice
Which of the following is true about the moon?
It makes its own light.
It does not make its own light.
It has light colored rocks.
- 2. Multiple Choice
Should all models be "to scale"?
Yes-otherwise it is not accurate.
No-some things are too big or too small to see.
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is true about the sun and the moon?
The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is facing it, and the other half is dark.
The sun illuminates the half of the Moon that is not facing it, and the other half is dark.
The sun illuminates the entire moon and no part of it is dark.
The Moon makes its own light and the sun doesn't have anything to do with it.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Light from the sun travels...
in straight lines
unpredictably
like a river, wherever there is an open path
depends; it can change direction if it is bright enough
- 5. Multiple Choice
From Earth...
we can only see the half of the moon that is facing us
we see the moon all the time
we can only see the half of the moon that is facing away from us
we never see the moon
- 6. Multiple Choice
Why do we see different phases of the moon?
We see different amounts of the illuminated half of the moon because the moon moves to different positions around the Earth.
We see different phases of the moon due to the colored rocks we see from Earth.
We see different amounts of the Moon due to how close it is to the sun.
We don't see different phases of the moon.
- 7. Multiple Choice
Is there a pattern to the position of the Moon?
Yes-because the Moon orbits around Earth.
Yes-because the Moon gets closer or farther away from the sun.
No-the moon appears in the sky at different times and is unpredictable.
No-the moon never moves or changes.
- 8. Multiple Choice
If you looked in the sky and saw a waning gibbous, when is the first time you will see a waning gibbous again?
one month
one week
two weeks
it depends; the moon is unpredictable
- 9. Multiple Choice
Is there ever a time that the moon will be completely dark from Earth's perspective?
Yes, only during a lunar eclipse.
Yes, always during a new moon.
Yes, always during a new moon and sometimes during a full moon when a lunar eclipse is possible.
No, the moon is always half illuminated by the sun.
- 10. Multiple Choice
Lunar eclipses...
happen all the time in the new moon phase.
can only happen when the Earth is in between the sun and moon.
never happen.
can only happen when the moon is in between the sun and Earth.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Lunar eclipses...
occur every month.
always happen when the Earth is in between the sun and moon.
do not happen every time the Earth is in between the sun and the moon.
never occur.
- 12. Multiple Choice
The moon is only completely dark...
never, it is always halfway illuminated by the sun.
during a new moon phase.
when the sun, Earth, and moon are in a straight line with Earth in the middle.
when the sun, moon, and Earth are in a straight line with the moon in the middle.
- 13. Multiple Choice
Why is there not a lunar eclipse every month during the full moon phase?
There is a lunar eclipse every month during the full moon phase.
The moon's orbit around the Earth is tilted, allowing it to not always be in the shadow of the Earth.
The earth's orbit is tilted, allowing the moon to not always be in the shadow of the Earth.
We never have lunar eclipses.
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