Eclipses

darkest, innermost part of the shadow

• penumbra
• umbra

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lighter, outer part of the shadow

• penumbra
• umbra

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What type of eclipse occurs when the moon obscures the bright sun allowing only the corona to be visible?

• total solar eclipse

• partial solar eclipse

• Annular eclipse

• Total Lunar eclipse

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What type of eclipse occurs when the earth's shadow is cast on a full moon?

• solar
• lunar

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What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?

• Full moon
• new moon
• 1st quarter
• waxing gibbous

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What moon phase occurs during a lunar eclipse?

• full moon
• new moon
• 3rd quarter
• waxing crescent

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What is in the middle during a solar eclipse?

• moon
• earth 
• sun

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What is in the middle of a lunar eclipse?

• moon
• sun
• earth

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When the moon, sun, and earth are not perfectly aligned, and as a result the center of the moon's shadow doesn't sit directly over the center fo the sun's disc.

• partial solar eclipse

• total solar eclipse

• total lunar eclipse

• partial lunar eclipse

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What part of the shadow must I be in to see a total solar eclipse?

• umbra
• penumbra

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