Eclipse

A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Full

• Crescent

• Gibbous

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

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

• It is dangerous to look at without the proper device

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

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

What must happen in order for there to be an eclipse?

• the sun, earth, and moon must perfectly align

• The earth must be higher than the sun and moon

• A full moon occurs

• The moon must be beside the earth

What type of eclipse is this?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipsee

• Lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

Why do eclipses not occur with every new and full moon?

• The moon's orbit is tilted.

• The moon doesn't always come in between the sun and moon during new moons.

• The earth is tilted.

• The moon is too far from earth.

This image is an example of 

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• New Moon

• Full Moon

During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon

• The moon is blocked by the sun

• The Earth is blocked moon

What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.

• umbra

• penumbra

• antumbra

A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Full

• Crescent

• Gibbous