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In thinking about a solar eclipse, what does the ball in the diagram represent?

• the Earth
• the Moon
• the Sun

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In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?

• Below each other
• Above each other
• In alignment

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

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This layer is blocked during a total solar eclipse? 

• Photosphere
• Corona
• Core

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What phase of the moon is shown in the picture above?

• New Moon

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Crescent

• Half Moon

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What moon phase came right BEFORE this one?

• First Quarter
• Last Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon

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What is the name of the phase of the moon when the entire sunlit side of the moon faces Earth

• Crescent

• Third Quarter

• Full Moon

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Both solar and lunar eclipses have which of the following types?

• Total

• Annular

• Partial

• Total and Partial

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What causes the Sun to seem to set and rise?

• rotation of the Earth

• revolution of the Earth

• rotation of the Sun

• Sun orbiting the Earth

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What is a way of describing how the moon looks during the quarter phase?

• invisible

• a pizza pie

• a half cirlce

• a think banana

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