Solar Eclipse

What is a solar eclipse?

• When the Earth moves between the sun and the moon.

• When the moon moves between the Earth and the sun.

• When the sun moves between the Earth and the moon.

• When the Earth moves between the moon and the sun.

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An annular eclipse occurs when the moon appears too small to fully cover the sun.

• True

• False

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What is the path of totality?

• The imaginary line created by the penumbral shadow.

• The imaginary line created by the umbra shadow.

• The imaginary line created by the hybrid shadow.

• The imaginary line created by the annular shadow.

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There are three types of solar eclipses.

• True

• False

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What are Baily's beads?

• Shafts of light that pass through low-lying valleys on the moon's edge.

• The last bead of light before totality.

• Shafts of light that remain through totality.

• None of the above.

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A solar eclipse happens when the Earth moves between the sun and the moon.

• True

• False

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The sun is 400 times closer to the Earth than the moon is.

• True

• False

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Why isn't there an eclipse every month?

• The Earth's orbit is unpredictable.

• The moon's orbit is usually tilted.

• The sun is too far away.

• The moon is too small.

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The moon's orbit is always tilted in relation to the Earth.

• True

• False

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What happens during totality?

• The view through your eclipse glasses will be pitch black.

• Animals and plants alter their behavior.

• The moon completely covers the sun's surface.

• All of the above.

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