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Grade 6 Seasons, Moon Phases & Eclipses Worksheet with Answers

Grade 6 (US) · Year 7 (UK) · Class 6 (India) · Science

Unit 2: Earth in SpaceSeasons, Moon Phases & EclipsesNGSS MS-ESS1-1

How Earth's tilt causes seasons, why the moon has phases, and how eclipses happen. This free middle school worksheet has 16 questions and a full answer key. Print it or save it as a PDF — every answer is checked by code, not guessed.

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Seasons, Moon Phases & Eclipses

Grade 6 · Science

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Learning goal: Seasons, Moon Phases & Eclipses · NGSS MS-ESS1-1

Directions: This worksheet has 2 parts. Read the instructions at the start of each part.

Example

What causes Earth's seasons?

Answer: the tilt of Earth's axis

Part A

Label the diagram. Use the words in the box.

Word bank

first quarterfull moonnew moonthird quarter
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  2. 2
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Part B

Answer each question. Use full sentences where you can.

  1. 5

    In which moon phase can a lunar eclipse happen?

  2. 6

    About how long is the moon's cycle of phases?

  3. 7

    When it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?

  4. 8

    What do we call the moon phase when we see none of the lit side?

  5. 9

    Why does the moon have phases?

  6. 10

    In which moon phase can a solar eclipse happen?

  7. 11

    Why don't we have an eclipse every month?

  8. 12

    What is a solar eclipse?

  9. 13

    What do we call the moon phase when we see the whole lit side?

  10. 14

    What phase follows a waxing gibbous moon?

  11. 15

    Why are summer days longer?

  12. 16

    What phase comes after a full moon?

★ Challenge corner for fast finishers

Ice floats in water. What does that tell you about its density?

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  1. 1.new moon
  2. 2.first quarter
  3. 3.full moon
  4. 4.third quarter
  5. 5.full moon
  6. 6.about 29.5 days
  7. 7.winter
  8. 8.new moon
  9. 9.we see different amounts of its sunlit half as it orbits Earth
  10. 10.new moon
  11. 11.the moon's orbit is tilted compared to Earth's orbit
  12. 12.the moon blocks the sun's light from reaching part of Earth
  13. 13.full moon
  14. 14.full moon
  15. 15.your hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
  16. 16.waning gibbous
  17. ★ice is less dense than liquid water (challenge corner)

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