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Over the month, what changes can you expect to observe in the Moon? A. It will gradually increase in size for four weeks before it will begin to decrease in size for four weeks. B. It will gradually increase in size for approximately two weeks and it will gradually decrease in size for approximately two weeks. C. It will remain unchanged. D. It will gradually decrease in size for four weeks.

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Answer: B. It will gradually increase in size for approximately two weeks and it will gradually decrease in size for approximately two weeks.

Explanation:

The moon orbits around the earth in 27.322 days. It is the brightest celestial body. It does not shine under own power instead glows with the reflected sunlight. Moon start dark and gets illuminated by the sunlight over the time of two weeks. When moon's disk becomes fully bright it gets fade, again returns to dark in about two weeks.