Eclipse Trivia

We do NOT have a lunar eclipse each month because...

• The tilt of the moon's orbit is at 5 degrees

• The moon is too small

• The moon's orbital distance changes

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What factor limits the number of eclipses per year?

• Distance between the moon and the earth

• Tilt of the moon's orbit around the earth

• Distance between the earth and the sun

• Tilt of the earth's axis of rotation

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A lunar eclipse occurs when:

• The sun passes between the earth and the moon.

• The sun passes between the earth and the moon.

• The moon passes through the earth's shadow.

• The sun passes through the moon's shadow.

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When does a lunar eclipse occur?

• At night

• When the moon's shadow is on the earth

• when the moon comes between the sun and earth

• During the day

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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 blocks all of the sun except the corona

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

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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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darkest, innermost part of the shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

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lighter, outer part of the shadow

• penumbra

• umbra

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In what circumstances do the Sun, Moon and Earth align?

• During a volcanic eruption

• During a snowstorm

• During a solar or lunar eclipse

• During a thunderstorm

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What is this presentation about???

• The Solar Eclipse

• The Lunar eclipse

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