SITB lessons 55-57

What do we call the event where the moon comes directly between the earth and sun, blocking the sun's light?

• solar eclipse

• party

• holiday

• vacation

A total solar eclipse is a solar eclipse in which almost all the light from the sun is blocked by the ____.

• moon

• mars

• neptune

• saturn

What is a solar eclipse called in which only a portion of the sun's light is blocked by the moon.

• partial solar eclipse

• banana

• cat

• half

A Lunar eclipse is where the earth comes directly between the moon and ___, blocking the sun's light from falling on the moon.

• sun

• jupiter

• neptune

• saturn

A total lunar eclipse is when the earth blocks most of the sun's light from hitting the ____.

• moon

• water

• clouds

• sun

True of False? A partial lunar eclipse is when the earth blocks only a portion of the sun's light from hitting the moon.

• true

• false

True of False? Never look directly at the sun- EVER!

• true

• false

True or False? The farther a star is away from our eyes, the less of its light you see because the light has more room to spread out.

• true

• false

Apparent brightness is the brightness with which a ____ shines in the night sky.

• star

• cloud

• planet

• asteroid

The sun is our brightest ____.

• star

• egg

• ball

• planet