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You are not imagining it, and you are not the first to stare. For thousands of years, people have given autumn's full moons their own names, because these particular moons seemed to hang low, glow warm, and stay useful long after sunset. Two of the most famous are the Harvest Moon and the Hunter's Moon, and both have a story that mixes real science with human need.  \nThat pumpkin-colored glow is your first clue that something interesting is  \nhappening in the sky. When the moon sits near the horizon, its light travels through much more of Earth's thick lower atmosphere, and that air scatters away the blue light while letting red and orange pass through. It is the same reason a sunset burns orange instead of blue. The size, though, is a trick your brain plays: scientists call it the moon illusion, and the moon is really no bigger low in the sky than it is overhead.  \nIf the moon can fool your eyes about its size, it can certainly change its shape from night to night. The moon does not make its own light; it reflects sunlight, and as it orbits Earth about once a month, we see different amounts of its lit half. These changing shapes are the phases, running from a thin crescent to a bright full moon and back to darkness at the new moon. A full moon happens when Earth sits roughly between the sun and the moon, so the whole face we can see is lit up like a spotlight.  \nThat fully lit face is exactly what made one autumn full moon so precious to farmers. The Harvest Moon is the full moon closest to the autumn equinox, which falls around September 22 or 23 in the Northern Hemisphere. Around this time the moon rises only a short while later each night instead of the usual longer gap, so there is bright moonlight in the early evening for several nights in a row.  \nBefore electric lights, that extra glow let farmers keep gathering crops after the sun went down, racing to bring in the harvest before frost.  \nOnce the harvest was safely in, that same reliable moonlight served a different purpose the following month. The next full moon after the Harvest Moon is called the Hunter's Moon, usually falling in October. People said it was the season to hunt game and store meat for winter, and the fields, now stripped of their crops, made it easier to spot animals moving in the open. The bright, early-rising moon gave hunters extra hours of light, which is how the name most likely stuck.  \nThose old names have proven surprisingly hard to shake, even in a world lit by streetlights. You will still hear Harvest Moon and Hunter's Moon on weather reports and calendars today, long after headlights replaced moonlight for anyone working late. Some years the two names line up in a rare way, and every few years the Harvest Moon actually falls in October instead of September. Here is the thought worth carrying home: the moon that looks biggest and warmest to you is playing a trick, yet the names we gave it were built on nights when that light truly meant the difference between a full winter pantry and an empty one.  \nThe Hunter's Moon  \nName:  \n\n| Solve each problem.\u003Cbr>Use the article to answer the question.\u003Cbr>1) According to the passage, why does the moon look orange when it is near the horizon?\u003Cbr>A. Its surface heats up as it rises, causing the gray rock to glow with a warm color.\u003Cbr>B. Its light passes through more atmosphere, which scatters away blue light and lets red and orange through.\u003Cbr>C. It moves closer to Earth in the fall, which makes its reflected light appear much warmer.\u003Cbr>D. It reflects the orange color of autumn leaves and pumpkins back toward people on the ground. |  |  |  |  | Answers\u003Cbr>1.  \u003Cbr>2.  \u003Cbr>3.  \u003Cbr>4.  \u003Cbr>5. |  |  |  |  |  |\n| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |\n| 2) What can you infer about how technology changed the meaning of these moons?\u003Cbr>","cbCaig0h2SuIVeHD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaig0h2SuIVeHD","pdf",98734,"English","# Question 1\n# Question 2\n# Question 3\n# Question 4\n# Question 5\n# Question 6","[{\"question\":\"Why does the moon look orange when it is near the horizon?\",\"answer\":\"Because its light travels through more of Earth’s lower atmosphere, which scatters blue light while letting red and orange pass through.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the phases of the moon happen?\",\"answer\":\"The Moon reflects sunlight rather than making its own light, and as it orbits Earth (about once a month), we see different amounts of its lit half.\"},{\"question\":\"What did technology like streetlights change about these moon names?\",\"answer\":\"Streetlights and headlights reduced the practical need for moonlight, but the names still persisted in weather reports and calendars.\"}]","The Hunter's Moon - Reading Comprehension Questions | PDF",1790807747]