Moon phases
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- Q1Name of a partial shadowtotal eclipsepenumbraumbrapartial eclipse30s
- Q2name of total shadowpenumbratotal eclipseumbrapartial eclipse30s
- Q3Name of the moon when 1/4 of its surface is visiblehalf mooncrescentquarter moongibbous30s
- Q4name of the moon when 1/2 of the moon is visiblehalf mooncrescentgibbousquarter moon30s
- Q5name of the moon phase when 3/4 of the moon is visiblegibbousquarter moonhalf mooncrescent30s
- Q6name of the moon when all of it is visiblehalf moonnew moonfull moonquarter moon30s
- Q7term which means " to grow" when referring to the mooneclipsewainwaxumbra30s
- Q8term which means "to shrink" when referring to the moonwainwaxpenumbraexclipse30s
- Q9The moon grows or shrinks by this amount each phase1/21/81/31/430s
- Q10The moon revolves in this directionclockwisecounter clockwise30s
- Q11The moon grows and shrinks from ____ to _____right to leftleft to right30s
- Q12Phase when the moon is between the Earth and the SunFull moon1st quarterNew moonLast quarter30s
- Q13phase when the Moon, Earth and Sun form a straight line in this orderthird or last quarterNew moonFull moon1st quarter30s
- Q14phases of the moon when the Earth Moon and Sun form a right anglenew moonfull mooncrescent moonfirst and last quarter moons30s
- Q15Why we never see the "dark" or back side of the moontoo farPeriods of rotation and revolution are inversely relatedperiods of revolution and rotation are identicaltoo small30s