II. Choose the letter of the best answer. Write the chosen letter on the
blank.
1. As the moon's shape appears to get smaller, we say that the moon is
A disappearing
B. swelling C. waning D. waxing
2. Which moon phase is when you can't see the moon at all?
A Full Moon
C. Waning Crescent Moon
B. New Moon
D. Waxing Gibbous
3. Phase of the moon in which the moon appears to be getting larger
A. eclipse
D. waxing
B new
C. waning
4. During the phases of the Moon, the Moon appears to change shape. This
change in appearance is due to the Moon
A. having craters on its surface
B. moving closer and then farther away from Earth
c. physically changing size and shape.
D. reflecting a different amount of light due to alignment with Earth and the Sun
5. What causes the phase of the Moon to change each night?
A. The alignment between the Earth, Moon, and Sun determines the amount of
light reflected by the Moon
B. The Moon changes its actual shape throughout the course of the month.
C. The closer the Moon is to Earth, the more light the Moon reflects.
D. The season of the year determines the phase of the Moon
the correct answer

1. When it is getting smaller, the Moon is waning. When the Moon is more than half-lit, it is called a gibbous Moon. When the moon is less than half-lit, it is called a crescent Moon.

2. new moon

A new moon occurs when the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth. The far side of the Moon is in full sunlight and the near side of the Moon receives no sunlight. The new moon is also in the daytime sky. Sunlight illuminates the atmosphere so much that the dark face of the new moon can't be seen.

3. waxing phase

When the illuminated side of the moon appears to be getting larger in size, the moon is said to be in a “waxing phase”. When the moon is illuminated from 1 % to 49 % the moon is in a “waxing crescent moon” phase.

4. The revolution of the Moon around the Earth makes the Moon appear as if it is changing shape in the sky. This is caused by the different angles from which we see the bright part of the Moon's surface. These are called "phases" of the Moon.

5. The phases we see result from the angle the Moon makes with the Sun as viewed from Earth. ... But the lit side does not always face the Earth! As the Moon circles the Earth, the amount of the lit side we see changes. These changes are known as the phases of the Moon and it repeats in a certain way over and over.