Eclipses

This model is showing us a...

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

This image is showing us a.....

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

If you look up at the sky and see this, you are witnessing a....

• solar eclipse

• total eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• jupiter

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If you are looking up at the sky and see this, you are looking at a....

• solar eclipse

• total eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• jupiter

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A lunar eclipse can occur during which moon phase?

• 1st Quarter

• waxing gibbous

• Full Moon

• 3rd Quarter

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

• penumbra
• corona
• umbra
• phase

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During a solar eclipse...

• The moon blocks the sun and casts a shadow on earth

• The earth blocks the sun and casts a shadow on the moon

• The sun blocks the moon and casts a shadow on the earth

• The earth blocks the moon and casts a shadow on the sun

The solar eclipse can occur in which moon phase?

• Waning gibbous

• New moon

• Waxing gibbous

• First quarter

We do NOT have a solar or lunar eclipse each month because...

• The tilt of the moon's orbit is at 5 degrees
• The moon is too small
• The moon's orbital distance changes
• All choices

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What causes the moon's red colour during a lunar eclipse?

• Objects in the moon glow red

• the maria in the moon glows red

• The earth absorbs all colours of light from the sun, leaving only the red light to pass through it and reach the moon

• Red fireworks from the earth shine on the moon to make it glow red.