The questions
- 1
What phase of the Moon is this?
- Crescent moon
- Full moon
- Half moon
- New moon
Answer: New moon
- 2
What phase of the Moon is this?
- First quarter
- Full moon
- Waning crescent
- Waxing crescent
Answer: Waxing crescent
- 3
What phase of the Moon is this?
- First quarter
- Full moon
- Last quarter
- New moon
Answer: First quarter
- 4
What phase of the Moon is this?
- First quarter
- Full moon
- Waning gibbous
- Waxing gibbous
Answer: Waxing gibbous
- 5
What phase of the Moon is this?
- Full moon
- Gibbous
- Half moon
- New moon
Answer: Full moon
- 6
What phase of the Moon is this?
- Full moon
- Last quarter
- Waning gibbous
- Waxing gibbous
Answer: Waning gibbous
- 7
What phase of the Moon is this?
- First quarter
- Last quarter
- New moon
- Waning crescent
Answer: Last quarter
- 8
What phase of the Moon is this?
- Full moon
- New moon
- Waning crescent
- Waxing crescent
Answer: Waning crescent
- 9
What does "waxing" mean?
- Disappearing
- Getting bigger
- Getting smaller
- Staying the same
Answer: Getting bigger
- 10
What does "waning" mean?
- Changing colour
- Getting bigger
- Getting smaller
- Spinning
Answer: Getting smaller
- 11
How long does it take the Moon to go through all its phases?
- About a month (29.5 days)
- One day
- One week
- One year
Answer: About a month (29.5 days)
- 12
Why does the Moon shine?
- It is made of glass
- It is on fire
- It makes its own light
- It reflects light from the Sun
Answer: It reflects light from the Sun
- 13
Why do we see different shapes of the Moon?
- Clouds cover it
- The Earth's shadow eats it every night
- The Moon really changes shape
- We see different parts of its sunny side
Answer: We see different parts of its sunny side
- 14
Can we see the new moon?
- Hardly at all, it's dark
- Only in summer
- Yes, it's red
- Yes, it's the brightest
Answer: Hardly at all, it's dark
- 15
What is a lunar eclipse?
- A very bright full moon
- The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon
- The Moon covers the Sun
- The Moon disappears forever
Answer: The Earth's shadow falls on the Moon
- 16
What is a solar eclipse?
- A comet hits the Sun
- The Earth blocks the Sun's light on the Moon
- The Moon blocks the Sun
- The Sun goes out
Answer: The Moon blocks the Sun
- 17
How many people have walked on the Moon?
- Fifty
- One
- Three
- Twelve
Answer: Twelve
- 18
What pulls the sea and makes tides?
- Fish
- The clouds
- The Moon's gravity
- The wind only
Answer: The Moon's gravity
- 19
What is the Moon's surface covered in?
- Dust, rocks and craters
- Grass and trees
- Ice cream
- Water
Answer: Dust, rocks and craters
- 20
What is this?
- A golf ball seen up close
- A snowball seen up close
- Mars seen through a telescope
- The Moon seen through a telescope
Answer: The Moon seen through a telescope
