Solar System Quiz

What is an eclipse?

• The name of a planet

• A phenomenon that occurs when an astronomical object comes between two other astronomical objects

• A type of star

• The alignment of stars in the sky

When does an eclipse occur involving the Earth, Sun, and Moon?

• When the Sun is between the Earth and the Moon

• When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon

• When the Moon is between the Earth and the Sun

• All of the above

What occurs when the Earth is placed between the Moon and the Sun, blocking the sun's rays from reaching the Moon?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

• Moon phase change

• The Moon's orbit reversal

What creates a cone of shadow that obscures the Moon during a lunar eclipse?

• The Moon's own shadow

• The Earth's shadow

• The Sun's shadow

• The shadow of another planet

How can lunar eclipses be observed?

• Only from one hemisphere of the Earth

• Only through telescopes

• From any part of the Earth where it is nighttime

• Exclusively during the day

What is it called when there is a lunar eclipse and the moon is seen in its entirety?

• Partial lunar eclipse

• Penumbral lunar eclipse

• Total lunar eclipse

• Apogee lunar eclipse

What type of lunar eclipse occurs when it looks like someone has taken a bite out of the moon?

• Total lunar eclipse

• Penumbral lunar eclipse

• Partial lunar eclipse

• Apogee lunar eclipse

What is seen during a total eclipse?

• The entire moon will be seen

• The moon will be seen with a bite

• The moon will not be visible at all

• The moon will be seen with a ring around it

How is the moon seen during a partial eclipse?

• The entire moon will be seen

• The moon will be seen with a bite

• The moon will not be visible at all

• The moon will be seen with a ring around it

When do solar eclipses occur?

• During a full moon

• When the Moon is positioned between the Earth and the Sun

• When the Earth is positioned between the Moon and the Sun

• During a quarter moon