Solar Eclipse

The Moon orbits Earth in a ________________ direction

• clockwise

• counterclockwise

• upwards

• downwards

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 In the diagram, letter A represents the total shadow of the lunar eclipse.  What is the name of the shadow? 

• Umbra

• Penumbra

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 In the diagram, letter B represents the partial shadow of the lunar eclipse. What is the name of the shadow?

• Umbra

• Penumbra

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In the diagram, a ​​ (a)   is  occurring.​

• solar eclipse
• lunar eclipse

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What phase of the moon is it ALWAYS during a solar eclipse?

• First Quarter

• New Moon

• Full Moon

• Waning Cresecent

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If you are looking up at the sky and see this, you are looking at a....

• solar eclipse

• total eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• jupiter

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If you look up at the sky and see this, you are witnessing a....

• solar eclipse

• total eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• jupiter

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

• It can be viewed 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

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

The definition of a curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon is...

• rotation
• heavenly body
• circulation
• orbit

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When one celestial body blocks another's light, this is called an...

• eclipse
• envelope
• blockage
• covering

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