Eclipses

This model is showing us a...

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

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This image is showing us a.....

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

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Which of the following is not true about a total solar eclipse?

• It can be viewed once a year from every spot on earth

• It is dangerous to look at without the proper device

• When it happens, the moon blocks all of the sun except the corona

• You must be within the moon's umbra to see it

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In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?

• Below each other

• Above each other

• In alignment

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A solar eclipse can only happen during a ________ moon.

• New

• Cresent

• Gibbous

• Full

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The darkest part of the shadow during an eclipse is called the ___________________.

• penumbra
• corona
• umbra
• phase

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What is the larger outer lighter part of the shadow cone called, where a partial eclipse can be viewed?

• Partial
• Umbra
• Penumbra

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Where must you be to see a total solar eclipse?

• In Missouri

• an orbit

• the umbra of the moons shadow

• in the earth's shadow

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