Solar Eclipse Lunar Eclipse

The length of time it takes for the moon to go through its whole cycle: 

• 27 hours
• 29 days
• 27 days
• 29 hours

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The definition of eclipse is:

• The planets line up
• The Sun, Earth and Mars line up
• The Sun, Earth and Moon line up
• The Earth, Moon and Venus line up 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A lunar eclipse occurs when the line up is this:

• Sun -Earth-Moon
• Moon, Sun, Earth
• Earth-Sun-Moon
• Sun-Moon-Earth

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The line up for a solar eclipse is: 

• Sun-Earth-Moon
• Earth-Sun-Moon
• Sun-Moon-Earth
• Earth-Moon-Mars

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

Why don't we have a solar eclipse every month? 

• The Sun is tilted on its axis
• The moon's tilt
• The speed of the moon's rotation
• The speed of the Earth's rotation

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• At night
• When the moon's shadow is on the earth
• when the moon comes between the sun and earth
• During the day

A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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CCSS.RI.5.7

CCSS.RI.6.7

CCSS.RL.4.7

CCSS.RL.5.7

CCSS.RL.6.7

This image is an example of

• Lunar Eclipse
• Full Moon
• New Moon
• Solar Eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

In thinking about a solar eclipse, what does the light source in the diagram represent?

• the Earth
• the Moon
• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A solar eclipse occurs when Earth casts a shadow on the Moon.

• True
• False