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What can you logically conclude about the relationship between full moons and lunar eclipses?
A lunar eclipse never occurs during a full moon.
A lunar eclipse occurs during all full moons.
A lunar eclipse can only occur during a full moon.
A lunar eclipse is the same thing as a full moon.
2
How much of the moon's bright side can you see during a new moon?
10 percent
0 percent
50 percent
100 percent
3
Place the following phases in the correct sequence: A) Waxing crescent; B) Waning gibbous; C) Third quarter moon
A, C, B
A, B, C
C, A, B
B, C, A
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Which hypothetical scenario would result in the moon not having different phases?
The moon always stays in one position relative to the earth and sun.
Earth has two moons.
Earth takes twice as long as it does now to orbit the sun.
The moon takes twice as long as it does now to orbit the earth.
5
How does the length of a lunar month compare to the average length of a month in a standard 365-day calendar?
The same
About one day longer
About three days shorter
About one day shorter
6
The word "waxing" can replace the first word of which phrase?
Cooling temperatures
Increasing support
Dwindling salaries
Running out of time
7
Which of the following phenomena never affects the moon's phase?
The moon's orbit around the earth
The relative positions of the earth, moon, and sun
The earth's orbit around the sun
The earth's rotation on its axis
8
Piloting a ship by moonlight is most difficult during which phase?
Third quarter moon
New moon
First quarter moon
Full moon
9
Which term describes the relationship between wax and wane?
Homophones
Antonyms
Homonyms
Synonyms
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Which of these terms best describes the moon in this image?
Waning
Full
Crescent
Gibbous
