Solar and Lunar Eclipse

An eclipse of the Sun occurs when the ...

• Sun gets in between the Earth and the Moon.
• Moon gets in between the Sun and the Earth.
• Earth gets in between the Sun and the Moon.
• None of the above.

Faint, outer shadow of the Moon.

• umbra
• lumbar
• penumbra
• annular

Dark, inner shadow of the Moon.

• umbra
• lumbar
• penumbra
• annular

The passing of the Moon between the Sun and the Earth that blocks the light of the Sun

• solar eclipse
• lunar eclipse

What does Lunar mean?

• Something related to the Sun.

• Something related to Kepler 452b

• Something related to Pluto

• Something related to the moon

During a Solar eclipse, the ______ gets darker. 

• Earth
• Sun
• Moon
• sky

During a Lunar eclipse, the ______ gets darker.

• Earth
• Sun
• Moon
• sky

What happens during a total solar eclipse?

• The moon is blocked from view by the sun.
• The sun is blocked from view by the moon.
• The earth is blocked from view by the moon.
• The earth is blocked from view by the sun.

A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

• quarter moon

• new moon

• crescent moon

• full moon

This model is showing us a...

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse