What is an Eclipse?

What does the word "orbit" mean?

• The movement of an astronaut in the International Space Station

• The process of launching an astronaut into space

• The process of launching a satellite into space

• the curved path that something (such as a moon or satellite) follows as it goes around something else (such as a planet)

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What does the word "eclipse" mean?

• A gas that is emitted from the moon and sent to Earth

• When light from a moon or sun gets blocked

• An occurance when all of the planets line up

• Light from the moon is blocked and causes the moon to heat up

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Have you ever seen a total or partial eclipse?

• yes

• no

What does the word "partial" mean?

• Complete

• Having to do with the moon

• Not complete

• Having to do with the earth

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What does the word "direct" mean? As in the phrase: direct sunlight

• Coming from many sources

• Not shown

• Coming straight from one source

• Occuring only indoors

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Read the paragraph from the section "Lunar Eclipse."

Sometimes, Earth moves between the sun and the moon. When this happens, Earth blocks the light from the sun. Instead, Earth's shadow falls on the moon. This is a lunar eclipse.

Which sentence from this paragraph explains the position of Earth during a lunar eclipse?

• Sometimes, Earth moves between the sun and the moon.

• When this happens, Earth blocks the light from the sun.

• Instead, Earth's shadow falls on the moon.

• This is a lunar eclipse.

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Read the section "Viewing Safety."

Which piece of text evidence supports WHY people should never look at the sun during an eclipse?

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Read the sentence from the section "Three Kinds of Solar Eclipses."

For this to happen, the sun, moon and Earth must be in a direct line.

Which word could replace "direct" WITHOUT changing the meaning of the sentence?

• long

• straight

• thin

• distant

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Read the paragraph from the section "Total And Partial Lunar Eclipse."

A lunar eclipse lasts for a few hours. Two or more partial lunar eclipses happen every year. Total lunar eclipses are rare.

Fill in the blank. "Rare" means ____.

• not complete

• not important

• not interesting

• not common

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How do partial lunar eclipses happen?

• The moon isn't full, so only part can be seen.

• Cloudy weather makes it hard to see the moon.

• The sun gets in the way of the eclipse.

• The moon is only partly in the Earth's shadow.