Solar and Lunar Eclipses Vocabulary List

When one celestial body blocks

light from another.

• eclipse

• atmosphere

• corona

• constellations

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When the view of the Sun from

Earth is blocked by the Moon.

• solar eclipse

• partial eclipse

• corona

• earth's axis

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When the Moon moves into

Earth’s shadow.

• lunar eclipse

• atmosphere

• constellations

• partial eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When Earth or the Moon fully

blocks light from the Sun.

• total eclipse

• partial eclipse

• Winston

• earth's axis

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

When Earth or the Moon

partially blocks light from the

Sun.

• Partial Eclipse

• Total Eclipse

• Atmosphere

• Earth’s

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The envelope of gases

surrounding Earth or another

planet.

• atmosphere

• Mr. Holmquist

• Earth’s Axis

• Eclipse

The outermost part of the Sun’s

atmosphere that can be seen

during a total solar eclipse.

• Corona

• Constellations

• Atmosphere

• eclipse

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

An imaginary line passing

through the center of Earth,

around which the planet rotates.

• Earth’s Axis

• Earth’s Orbit

• Partial Eclipse

• Atmosphere

A group of stars that form a recognizable

shape such as the big dipper. Today there

are about 90 ______________.

• Earth’s Orbit

• Earth’s Axis

• Partial Eclipse

• Constellations

The path Earth takes as it

moves around the Sun.

• Earth’s Orbit

• Earth’s Axis

• Partial Eclipse

• Constellations

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-1