Solar Eclipse

For a solar eclipse to occur, what has to happen?

• The sun must be directly between Earth and the moon.
• The moon must be directly between Earth and the Sun.

During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked
• The Earth is blocked

The date of the solar eclipse is __________________.

• August 21, 2018
• August 21, 2017
• August 22, 2018
• August 22, 2017

Staring at the Sun will not cause permanent damage to your eyes.

• True
• False

What does this line on the map of the United States show about the solar eclipse?

• the path of no eclipse
• the path of totality
• the path of the lunar eclipse

Which is the largest object in our solar system?

• Sun
• Jupiter
• Earth
• Pluto

If these three bodies are lined up with each other, what would this diagram represent?

• full moon
• new moon
• lunar eclipse
• solar eclipse

You can look directly at the sun?

• true
• false

Burning your eyes by looking at the solar eclipse is very easy to do.

• True
• False

Solar eclipses are only seen in a small region somewhere on the daylight side of Earth.

• True
• False