LT 2 - Eclipse Vocabulary

when one celestial body blocks light from another 

• eclipse

• corona

• umbra

• rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the view of the Sun from Earth is blocked by the Moon

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• revolution

• penumbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Moon covers the Sun's center, leaving the Sun's visible outer edges to form a “ring of fire” around the Moon

• Lunar Eclipse

• Total Solar Eclipse

• Annular Solar Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

when the Moon passes between the Sun and Earth and completely blocks light from the Sun

• Corona

• Total Solar Eclipse

• Umbra

• Partial Solar Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere that can be seen during a total solar eclipse

• Umbra

• Corona

• Eclipse path

• Penumbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

the central, darkest part of a shadow

• Corona

• Penumbra

• Umbra

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

tthe outer, lighter part of a shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

• corona

• eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

tthe path on Earth’s surface where the eclipse is visible

• Eclipse Path

• Eclipse Orbit

• Solar Path

• Solar Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When the Moon moves into Earth’s shadow.

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• Corona

• Eclipse Path

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

spinning on an axis

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

• Eclipse

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6