CLOZE Study Guide for Moon ORQ

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CLOZE Study Guide for Moon ORQ

Directions: Use the words from the box below to complete the essay. Words may be used MORE than once.

Our closest neighbor in space to Earth is the ______. The moon has no ______of it’s own. What we see is a reflection of the_____ray’s. It takes the moon about ______days to rotate around Earth. During the moon’s revolution around Earth, the moon appears to change shape. These different shapes are called the ______of the moon.

The first phase is called the ______moon. This is when the moon is positioned directly ______the sun and the Earth. During this phase we ______see the moon because the sun’s rays are reflecting off of the far side of the moon.

The second phase is called the ______crescent. This is when we see a small sliver on the ______side. It is shaped like a backwards letter ___.

The third phase is called the first ______moon or half ______. This is when we see half of the ______side of the moon. The moon is now one ______of it’s way around Earth.

Next we see the fourth phase called the waxing ______moon. This is when we see most of the moon.

The fifth phase is called the ______moon. This is when we see the entire ______side of the moon illuminated. The moon is ______way in its orbit around Earth.

The sixth phase is called the ______gibbous. This is when we see a little bit of the lit side begin to ______on the right side.

The seventh phase is called the ______quarter moon. The moon is ______of the way around Earth now. We see the ______half of the moon lit.

The last phase is the ______crescent moon. We only see a small sliver of the moon on the left side shaped like the letter _____.

The moon phases begin all over again with the ______moon. There is about ______days between the four major phases of the moon, New Moon, First ______, Full Moon and Last ______.