Eclipses Review

This image is showing us a.....

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• phases of the moon

• earth eclipse

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When the moon passes between the earth and the sun, the result is a...

• waxing moon

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

• waning moon

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When the earth is between the sun and the moon, this results in a...

• waxing moon

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• sun rise

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This model is showing us...

• a lunar eclipse

• a solar eclipse

• the phases of the moon

• an Earth eclipse

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

• It can be viewed once a year from every spot on earth

• It is dangerous to look at without the proper device

• When it happens, the moon completely blocks the face of the sun

• You must be within the moon's umbra to see it

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Why don't solar eclipses occur every month during the New Moon phase?

• Because the Moon's orbit around the Earth is tilted relative to the Earth's orbit around the Sun.

• Because the Earth's orbit around the Sun is perfectly circular.

• Because the Sun moves too quickly across the sky.

• Because the Moon is too far away from the Earth.

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What is pictured here?

• Solar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse

• New Moon

• First Quarter Moon

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What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.

• Total
• Umbra
• Penumbra
• Annular

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

• a total solar eclipse

• an annular solar eclipse

• a total lunar eclipse

• a partial solar eclipse

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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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