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Phases of moon - class-V

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Phases of the moon occur because:

  1. We can see only that part of the moon which reflects light towards us

  2. Our distance from the moon keeps changing

  3. The shadow of the Earth covers only a part of moon's surface

  4. The thickness of the moon's atmosphere is not constant


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Phases of the moon occur because we can see only that part of the moon which reflects light towards us.
The changing shape of the bright part of the Moon that we see is called its phase. 
The moon is illuminated because it reflects the light from the sun. The part of the moon facing the sun is lit up. The part facing away from the sun is in darkness.

If new moon day is day $1$, then what is the day of the gibbous moon?

  1. $14$

  2. $3$

  3. $7$

  4. $10$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

If new moon day is day $1$, then-

Day $3$ - Crescent moon
Day $7$ - Half moon
Day $10$ - Gibbous moon (or waxing)
Day $14$ - Full moon

Which two moons are also called half moons?

  1. First Quarter & Third Quarter

  2. Waning Crescent & Waxing Crescent

  3. Waxing Crescent & First Quarter

  4. Full & New Moon


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Half moon are the phase of moon when the moon is half lit so only half visible.

First Quarter and third Quarter.

Moon's phase cycle repeats on an average of ______ days.

  1. $365$

  2. $120$

  3. $15$

  4. $30$


Correct Option: D
Explanation:

There are $12$ phases of moon which repeats after $30$ days. New cycle start after $30$ days

Which word also means 'growing'?

  1. Waxing

  2. Waning

  3. Gibbous

  4. Crescent


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

New Moon is a phase of the moon cycle in which it is not visible at all.

On the next day, a small part of the moon is visible. Thereafter, the moon appears to be expanding day by day.
On a special day, the moon appears completely full and visible. This is known as Full Moon. 
This apparent growing of the moon is also called a Waxing of the moon. 

Which moon is also referred to as "Dark Moon"?

  1. Full Moon

  2. Waning Crescent

  3. New Moon

  4. Waning Gibbous


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The moon is visible on earth because the light from the sun falls on it, gets reflected from it and enters the eyes of the people who are watching it on earth.  The moon appears crescent, half, full, not at all, etc, depending on its position with respect to the sun and the earth.

The light falling on any part of the moon gets reflected. However the light reflected only from some part of the moon reaches the earth. Only that part is visible to the people on the earth.
On the new moon day, the moon is on the same side of the earth as that of the sun with respect to earth. No light from the moon reaches the earth and it becomes invisible. Its apparent colour is black, i.e. same of that as that of the night sky.
Hence it is also called as dark moon.

For practical understanding, you can perform the experiment given below
Take a torch, switch it on and place it on a table.
Stand in front of the source of light of the torch.
Take a small ball and hold it at a height same as that of the torch and facing the torch.
You will notice that the ball appears dark.
Now if you change the position of the ball, keeping the height same, you will notice that only some part of the ball appears illuminated.
If you place it diametrically opposite to the torch, but at height slghtly higher than your head, the entire ball gets illuminated.

The phases of the moon are due to situations similar to this experiment.  

Which moon is after the waxing crescent?

  1. Third Quater

  2. First Quarter

  3. Waxing Gibbous

  4. New moon


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

Waxing crescent moon comes after New moon and lasts until half of moon surface is illuminated at first quarter moon.

After the period of how many days half moon can be seen?

  1. $7$ or $22$ days

  2. $1$ or $30$ days

  3. $15$ days

  4. $10$ or $17$ days


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

Half moon are the phase when only half surface of moon is visible. It exist at about $7$ days and $22$ days.

At $15$ day the full moon is seen.

Which of the following is a consequence of the fact that the rotation and revolution periods of the moon are the same?

  1. The moon keeps the same face turned toward the earth

  2. The moon can never be seen from one hemisphere of the earth

  3. All lunar phases can be seen from the earth

  4. There are about 12 months per year


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

The rotation or revolution period is the time taken by an object to complete one rotation or revolution respectively.

The answer to this question can be explained only with the help of the following experiment.
Stand straight and hold a ball in front of your face.

Tell your friend to stand just like you, facing your front.
Keeping the ball in front of your face, turn your entire body by 90 degrees.
But your friend should not make any movements.
You will notice that, here, the ball has traveled a path of a quarter circle.
You will also notice that the part of the ball which was in the front of your friend is now on his/her right side.
This shows that the ball has turned around itself by a quarter of one full rotation.
You will notice similar phenomena if you turn by 180 degrees, 270 and 360.
This show that in fixed intervals of time, the angular displacement of rotation and that of revolution of the are equal.
The motion of the moon around the earth is same as that of the ball in the above experiment.
Hence the rotation and revolution periods of the moon are the same and as a result the moon keeps the same face turned towards the earth.

What kind of eclipse do we see when the moon is entirely within the Earth's umbral shadow?

  1. Partial lunar

  2. Total solar

  3. Total lunar

  4. Partial solar


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Solar Eclipse are of $4$ types.

$\longrightarrow $ Total Eclipse [occurs only at umbral shadow
$\longrightarrow $ Partial Eclipse
$\longrightarrow $ Annular Eclipse
$\longrightarrow $ Hybrid Eclipse
Since moon is in shadow its going to be lunar eclipse.
Total lunar is the answer.

In which of the following phases of Moon we can see the entire half of the moon surface that is lit?

  1. Full Moon

  2. New Moon

  3. Waning Gibbous

  4. Last Quarter


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

This happens when Earth is between the moon and Sun and this phase is known as full moon.

During a New moon phase, what is the configuration of Moon, Earth, and Sun?

  1. Moon is between Earth and Sun.

  2. Sun is between Moon and Earth.

  3. Earth is between Moon and Earth.

  4. They are not in a straight line.


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

New moon refers to the phase when we are not able to see the moon, as moon does not have its own source of light this could happen when sun illuminates the surface of the moon which we do not see that happen. When Sun,  Earth and Moon are in line and Moon is between Earth and Sun.

A waxing crescent moon

  1. is a phase where in the crescent increases from one day to another

  2. is a phase where in the crescent decreases from one day to another

  3. is a phase where in the next day to the crescent is a new moon day

  4. is a phase where in the next day to the crescent is a full moon day


Correct Option: A
Explanation:

A waxing crescent moon is when the Moon looks like crescent and the crescent increases ("waxes") in size from one day to the next. This phase is usually only seen in the west.

When is the moon nearest to Earth during its orbit?

  1. At apogee

  2. At perihelion

  3. During an eclipse

  4. During perigee


Correct Option: D

Approximately how long does it take for the moon to go through all of its phases ?

  1. $24\ hours$

  2. $12\ hours$

  3. $30\ hours$

  4. $365\ hours$


Correct Option: D

The moon is a natural source of light. State whether true or false.

  1. True

  2. False


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The moon can only be seen as a result of the sunlights  reflection. It does not produce any lights on its own.

Ans: False

What occurs 15 days after the full moon day?

  1. Half moon day

  2. Crescent moon day

  3. New moon day

  4. None of the above


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

Every night after the full moon day, the size for the visible part of the Moon becomes thinner. It takes a period of 15 days for the Moon to become completely invisible. This day is called new moon day.

The moon takes _____ days to complete one spin.

  1. $25$

  2. $26$

  3. $27$

  4. $28$


Correct Option: C
Explanation:

The moon orbits the Earth once every $27.322$ days. It also takes approximately $27$ days for the moon to rotate once on its axis. As a result, the moon does not seem to be spinning but appears to observers from Earth to be keeping almost perfectly still.

At what phase are the earth, moon and sun are in approximate alignment?

  1. Full Moon

  2. New Moon

  3. Waning Crescent

  4. Waxing Crescent


Correct Option: A,B
Explanation:

The moon is visible on earth because the light from the sun falls on it, gets reflected from it and enters the eyes of the people who are watching it on earth.  The moon appears crescent, half, full, not at all, etc, depending on its position with respect to the sun and the earth.

The light falling on any part of the moon gets reflected. However the light reflected only from some part of the moon reaches the earth. Only that part is visible to the people on the earth.
On the new moon day, the moon is on the same side of the earth as that of the sun with respect to earth. No light from the moon reaches the earth and it becomes invisible. Its apparent colour is black, i.e. same of that as that of the night sky.
On the full moon day, the moon is on the opposite side of the earth as that of the sun with respect to earth. The light reflected from the entire moon reaches the earth and it appears like a glowing circular disc.

Thus, on new moon day and a full moon day, earth, sun and moon are almost in one line.

For practical understanding, you can perform the experiment given below
Take a torch, switch it on and place it on a table.
Stand in front of the source of light of the torch.
Take a small ball and hold it at a height same as that of the torch and facing the torch.
You will notice that the ball appears dark.
Now if you change the position of the ball, keeping the height same, you will notice that only some part of the ball appears illuminated.
If you place it diametrically opposite to the torch, but at height slightly higher than your head, the entire ball gets illuminated.
You can also notice that in the positions where the ball appears completely bright and in that when completely dark, the torch, your eyes and the ball are in one line.
The phases of the moon are due to situations similar to this experiment. 

Miriam notices when she goes to the beach that sometimes the water rises as high as the pier. At other times of the day, the water barely covers the pillars under the pier. These differences in water level are primarily due to the gravitational influence of which of the following?

  1. The Sun

  2. The Moon

  3. Asteroids

  4. Comets


Correct Option: B
Explanation:

The different levels of the water of a sea are known as tides. Higher level is known as high tide and lower as low.

Tides are due to the gravitational forces of the Moon and the Sun. The tide is high when the moon or the sun or both are on the side of the sea and vice versa.
The effect of tides due to the moon is much greater than that of the sun, because the moon is much closer to the earth.
The differences in water level are primarily due to the gravitational influence of the moon and secondarily due to that of the sun.

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