What is the difference between week 1 and week 3 of the moon's cycle?



(1 point)
Responses

Week 1 starts with a full moon, while week 3 starts with a new moon
Week 1 starts with a full moon, while week 3 starts with a new moon

Week 1 starts with a quarter moon, while week 3 starts with a full moon
Week 1 starts with a quarter moon, while week 3 starts with a full moon

Week 1 starts with a new moon, while week 3 starts with a quarter moon
Week 1 starts with a new moon, while week 3 starts with a quarter moon

Week 1 starts with a new moon, while week 3 starts with a full moon

7 answers

The correct answer is: Week 1 starts with a new moon, while week 3 starts with a full moon.

In the lunar cycle, Week 1 typically begins with the New Moon phase, while Week 3 is characterized by the Full Moon phase.

During which weeks in the moon's cycle does the moon appear to be getting smaller (as viewed from Earth)?(1 point)
Responses

Weeks 3 and 4
Weeks 3 and 4

Week 2 and 3
Week 2 and 3

Week 1 and 2

The correct answer is: Weeks 3 and 4.

During Weeks 3 and 4 of the lunar cycle, the moon goes from being full (Week 3) to a new moon (Week 4), which means it appears to be getting smaller (waning) as viewed from Earth.

The moon appears half lit, half dark from the surface of Earth on two days a month. What causes this?(1 point)
Responses

Half the moon's surface that is illuminated by the sun is visible from Earth's perspective
Half the moon's surface that is illuminated by the sun is visible from Earth's perspective

It is a partial lunar eclipse
It is a partial lunar eclipse

Half the moon is totally eclipsed

The correct answer is: Half the moon's surface that is illuminated by the sun is visible from Earth's perspective.

This phenomenon occurs during the first quarter and third quarter phases of the moon, where the sun's light illuminates half of the moon that is visible from Earth, creating the appearance of a half-lit moon.

True or False - The Moon does not make its own light —”moonlight” is actually reflected sunlight.(1 point)
Responses

True
True

False

The correct answer is: True.

The Moon does not produce its own light; what we see as "moonlight" is actually sunlight that is reflected off the Moon's surface.