Eclipse Vocabulary

A lunar eclipse often has a __________ appearance

• Black

• Yellow

• Orange Red

• White

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The part of the sun that can only be seen during a total eclipse is: 

• Core

• Chromosphere

• Photosphere

• Corona

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A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Cresent

• Gibbous

• Full

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During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon

• The Earth is blocked moon

• The moon is blocked by the sun

• You are blocked

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darkest, innermost part of the shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

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lighter, outer part of the shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

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What type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light and cast a shadow on earth?

• solar

• lunar

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What do we call the sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?

• an umbra

• a corona

• an orbit

• a shadow

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A lunar eclipse occurs when the line up is this:

• Sun -Earth-Moon

• Moon, Sun, Earth

• Earth-Sun-Moon

• Sun-Moon-Earth

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Cresent

• Gibbous

• Full

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