Moon Phases

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Moon Phases

• Whats true or not true?

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• The sun gives off its own light.

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• TRUE

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• The moon revolves counterclockwise around the
  Earth.

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• TRUE

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• The moon rotates many times as it revolves once
  around the Earth.

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• Not true, it rotates only once as it revolves
  once around the Earth.

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• The moon is only seen when it is nighttime.

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• Not true, it can be seen at times during the
  daytime also.

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• The light we see from the moon is reflected.

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• TRUE

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• Sometimes you can see the moon during the day.

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• TRUE

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• The moon gives off its own light.

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• Not true, the moon does not produce any heat of
  its own. It is cold and dark without the sun.

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• The moon rotates on its axis.

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• TRUE

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• The moon revolves on its axis.

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• Not true, the moon rotates on its axis.

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• The moon rotates around the earth.

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• Not true, the moon revolves around the earth.

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• The moon doesnt rotate, thats why we see only
  one side of the moon.

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• Not true, the moon does rotate, but at the same
  speed it revolves so we see the same side of the
  moon.

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• The moon rotates around the sun.

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• Not true, the moon revolves around the earth.

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• We see a sliver of the moon. It is a gibbous
  moon.

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• Not true, the moons shape would be a crescent.

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• The right half of the moon is lit during the
  third quarter.

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• Not true, we would see the left half of the
  moons shape reflecting the suns light.

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• The moon can be seen in the same place in the sky
  and at the same time each day.

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• Not true, the earth rotates faster than the moon
  revolves so the moon is in different places daily.

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• It takes about a month for us to see all the
  phases of the moon.

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• TRUE

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• The moon and the earth both rotate on an axis.

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• TRUE

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• The moons orbit around the earth is very
  circular.

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• Not true, the moons orbit like the earths orbit
  is more oval than circular.

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• The moons day and year are the same length of
  time.

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• TRUE

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• We can see the far side of the moon sometime
  during its revolution around the earth.

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• Not true, because the moon rotates and revolves
  at the same rate, we on earth see the same side
  of the moon.

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• It takes the moon 29.5 earth-days to revolve
  around the earth and 27.3 earth-days to go
  through its phases .

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• Not true, it is the opposite. 29.5 earth days to
  go though the phases and 27.3 earth-days to
  revolve and rotate.

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• We can not see the moon during the new moon phase
  because the earths shadow is falling on the moon.

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• Not true, we can not see the moon because sunlit
  side is facing the sun and no light is reflected
  to earth.