The phases of the moon are caused by:

Question

The moon revolving around the sun and earth
The moon revolving around earth and the moon reflecting sunlight towards earth
The earth revolving around the sun and sun’s light being reflected off the moon?
The moon revolving around earth with sunlight reflecting off of earth towards the moon.

Answer 1

The phases of the moon are caused by the moon revolving around the earth, and the varying amounts of sunlight that are reflected off the moon towards the earth as it orbits.