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Moon Phase Magic
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Moon Phase Magic
Help Arjun plan a Moon-watching night! Read the Moon facts, study the phase diagrams, and solve the activities. The Sun lights up half of the Moon all the time. As the Moon moves around Earth, we see different amounts of its lit side.
Moon phase picture clues
Study the diagrams. The dark part shows the part we cannot see lit from Earth.
New Moon
Waxing Crescent
First Quarter
Full Moon
1.Which phase shows the whole Moon lit up like a round lamp?
- New Moon
- First Quarter
- Full Moon
2.In the phase diagrams, how many of the 8 parts are lit in the First Quarter Moon?
3.The Moon is not a light of its own. What makes the bright part of the Moon shine?
- Light from the Sun
- Light from Earth
- Moonlight made inside the Moon
4.Arjun sees a thin curved bright part of the Moon. Is it a New Moon, a crescent, or a phase with the whole face lit?
5.Put these descriptions in order as the lit part grows: the whole face lit, no visible lit part, and half the face lit. Write 1, 2, and 3 beside them.
6.True or false? The Moon changes shape because Earth covers different parts of it with a shadow.
TrueFalse
7.A week after New Moon, about half of the Moon looks lit. Which phase is this?
- First Quarter
- Full Moon
- New Moon
8.Arjun draws a Moon with 1 of 8 equal parts lit. Does it look more like a crescent or a Moon with its whole face lit?
- A crescent
- A Full Moon
9.Draw a Moon with half of its face lit. Label it with the phase name for a half-lit Moon.
10.Tell Arjun one thing she should look for when watching the Moon on different nights.
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