Moon Phases online exercise - Free Printable

Let me solve this step by step.

First, I need to identify the moon phases shown in the diagram and match them with the correct terms from the word bank.

The diagram shows 8 positions of the Moon around Earth, with images of the Moon at each position. I'll go clockwise starting from the top-right (as indicated by the arrow direction):

1. Top-right: thin crescent on the right → Waxing Crescent
2. Right: half-moon lit on right → First Quarter
3. Bottom-right: thick crescent on right → Waxing Gibbous
4. Bottom: full moon → Full Moon
5. Bottom-left: thick crescent on left → Waning Gibbous
6. Left: half-moon lit on left → Third Quarter
7. Top-left: thin crescent on left → Waning Crescent
8. Top: no visible moon → New Moon

Now let me verify using the definitions:

- New Moon (f): first phase, no visible shape ✔
- Waxing Crescent (b): light on right side increasing ✔
- First Quarter (c): half-moon, light on right side ✔
- Waxing Gibbous (g): more than half lit, right side ✔
- Full Moon (a): entire lit side visible ✔
- Waning Gibbous (h): more than half lit, but decreasing (left side lit) ✔
- Third Quarter (d): half-moon, light on left side ✔
- Waning Crescent (i): light on left side decreasing ✔

So the blanks should be filled as:
- Top-left blank: Waning Crescent
- Top-middle blank: New Moon
- Top-right blank: Waxing Crescent
- Middle-left blank: Waning Gibbous
- Bottom-left blank: Third Quarter
- Bottom-middle blank: Full Moon
- Bottom-right blank: Waxing Gibbous
- Middle-right blank: First Quarter

But the question asks for the final answer — and since it's a fill-in-the-blanks task with 8 blanks, the expected output is likely the list of terms in order around the diagram.

Looking at the layout, the blanks are positioned at:
1. Top-left
2. Top-middle
3. Top-right
4. Middle-left
5. Bottom-left
6. Bottom-middle
7. Bottom-right
8. Middle-right

So the sequence is:
Waning Crescent, New Moon, Waxing Crescent, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Full Moon, Waxing Gibbous, First Quarter

However, since the instruction says "Final Answer: [Provide only the final correct answer]", and this is a fill-in-the-blanks task, I should provide the 8 terms in the order the blanks appear.

Let me double-check the diagram orientation. The arrow goes counter-clockwise? Wait — looking again: the arrow points from bottom to right to top-right to top to top-left to left to bottom-left to bottom — actually it's clockwise around Earth.

Standard lunar cycle order (starting from New Moon) is:
New Moon → Waxing Crescent → First Quarter → Waxing Gibbous → Full Moon → Waning Gibbous → Third Quarter → Waning Crescent

In the diagram, the position with no moon (New Moon) is at the top (between top-left and top-right blanks). Actually, looking carefully: the blank at the very top (above the Earth) corresponds to New Moon.

Let me assign based on standard diagram layout:
- Blank above Earth (top center): New Moon
- Blank upper right: Waxing Crescent
- Blank right: First Quarter
- Blank lower right: Waxing Gibbous
- Blank below Earth (bottom center): Full Moon
- Blank lower left: Waning Gibbous
- Blank left: Third Quarter
- Blank upper left: Waning Crescent

Yes, that matches the standard orbital diagram.

So the 8 blanks in clockwise order starting from top-center are:
1. New Moon
2. Waxing Crescent
3. First Quarter
4. Waxing Gibbous
5. Full Moon
6. Waning Gibbous
7. Third Quarter
8. Waning Crescent

But the image shows blanks placed around — let me count the blank boxes: there are 8 blank rectangles positioned around the orbit.

Given the instructions say "Provide only the final correct answer", and this is a fill-in-the-blanks task, the expected answer is likely the list of terms in the order the blanks appear spatially.

Since I must give only the final answer, and the most standard way is to list them in the order they appear around the circle starting from the top, I'll provide:

Final Answer:
New Moon, Waxing Crescent, First Quarter, Waxing Gibbous, Full Moon, Waning Gibbous, Third Quarter, Waning Crescent