Exploring Solar Eclipses

What happens to daylight during a total solar eclipse?

• There is no change.

• It becomes brighter.

• It turns into moonlight.

• It turns into twilight.

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What happens during a total solar eclipse?

• The sun completely covers the moon.

• The moon is too far to cover the sun.

• The sun moves behind the Earth.

• The moon completely covers the sun, causing darkness.

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What is an annular solar eclipse?

• When the Earth covers the sun.

• When the moon is too far to completely cover the sun.

• When the moon completely covers the sun.

• When the sun completely covers the moon.

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Why do you need special glasses to watch a solar eclipse?

• To see the stars better.

• To protect your eyes from the sun's harmful rays.

• To watch the eclipse in the dark.

• To see the moon more clearly.

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What is necessary to safely view a solar eclipse?

• A telescope

• Eclipse glasses

• A dark room

• A camera with a zoom lens

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Why can't you see a total solar eclipse from anywhere?

• It only happens at night.

• You need a telescope.

• You have to be in a specific place at the right time.

• It's too bright to see without glasses.

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What did ancient people think a solar eclipse meant?

• It was a time for celebration.

• The world might be ending.

• The gods were angry.

• A new king would be born.

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What did people in ancient times feel about solar eclipses?

• Happiness

• Fear

• Indifference

• Excitement

What effect does a total solar eclipse have on temperature?

• It becomes unpredictable.

• It stays the same.

• It gets warmer.

• It gets cooler.

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What can you see only during a total solar eclipse?

• The moon's surface

• The sun's corona

• Satellites orbiting Earth

• Stars in the daytime

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