Solar

What factor limits the number of eclipses per year?

• distance between the moon and the earth

• tilt of the moons orbit around the earth

• distance between the earth and the sun

• tilt of the earths axis of rotation

A lunar eclipse occurs when:

• The sun passes between the earth and the moon

• The moon passes between the earth and the sun

• The moon passes through the earth's shadow

• The sun passes through the moon's shadow

The moon is brightest during which of these events?

• Total solar eclipse

• Penumbral lunar eclipse

• Annular eclipse

• Total lunar eclipse

What can you infer about the solar corona?

• It's located fairly close to the earth

• It's the only part of the sun blocked out during an eclipse

• It's the hottest part of the sun

• It's located at the outermost edge of the Sun

Which definition of "umbra" is the most accurate?

• Illuminated region of space

• Light from the sun

• Area which light is blocked

• Elapsed time during an eclipse

When a solar eclipse happens, who can see it?

• Anyone in the Nothern Hemisphere

• Anyone in the Southern Hemisphere

• Anyone around the equator

• 
  Anyone who is in the moon's shadow

Which of the following must be visible somewhere during a total solar eclipse?

• Partial solar eclipse

• 
  Annular eclipse

• Total lunar eclipse

• Penumbral lunar eclipse

A solar eclipse occurs when

• Earth falls between the sun and the moon

• The moon falls in between the Earth and the sun

All eclipses

• are total

• can be partial or total

All eclipses are

• visible

• visible only during the eclipse season