Solar and Lunar Eclipse

What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?

• Full moon

• new moon

• 1st quarter

• waxing gibbous

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What is in the middle during a solar eclipse?

• moon

• earth 

• sun

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What part of the shadow must I be in to see a total solar eclipse?

• umbra

• penumbra

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

• It can be viewed from every spot on earth

• It is dangerous to look at without the proper device

• When it happens, the moon blocks all of the sun except the corona

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

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What type of eclipse is being shown in the diagram?

• Total solar eclipse

• Total lunar eclipse

• partial solar eclipse

• partial lunar eclipse

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What kind of eclipse happens more often and can be seen by more people?

• Solar

• Lunar

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What are eclipses?

• It is when one heavenly body such as a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body, like the Sun.

• It is the process of writing a song.

• It is the action when clouds cover the sun.

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Name two different types of eclipses

• Solar Eclipse and Lunar Eclipse

• Lunar Eclipse and Human Eclipse.

• Solar Eclipse and Alien Eclipse.

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Solar eclipses happen when the _____.

• sun passes between the Earth and the moon

• moon passes between the Earth and the sun

• Earth passes between the sun and the moon

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A lunar eclipse occurs when the ______ passes between the ______ and ______.

• sun, earth, moon

• moon, earth, sun

• earth, sun, moon

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