Eclipse Practice Test

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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

During a lunar eclipse, what color does the moon appear?

• Black
• Red-orange
• Yellow-green
• White

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

Where must you be to see a total solar eclipse?

• a corona
• an orbit
• the moon's shadow
• the earth's shadow

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

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

• the Earth
• the Moon
• the Sun

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

According to the diagram, what does the light shining on the ball create?

• Shadow
• Moon
• Earth
• Sun

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NGSS.4-PS4-2

NGSS.5-ESS1-2

How many parts does the shadow have?

• one
• two
• three
• four

What is the central, darker part of a shadow called?

• the umbra
• the penumbra