What Is an Eclipse

Which type of eclipse is shown in this picture?

• Solar Eclipse

• Orbit

• Lunar Eclipse

• Total Eclipse

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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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• Lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Full

• Crescent

• Gibbous

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What must happen in order for there to be an eclipse?

• the sun, earth, and moon must perfectly align

• The earth must be higher than the sun and moon

• A full moon occurs

• The moon must be beside the earth

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This image is an example of 

• Lunar eclipse

• Solar eclipse

• New Moon

• Full Moon

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During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon

• The moon is blocked by the sun

• The Earth is blocked moon

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

• umbra

• penumbra

• antumbra

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A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Full

• Crescent

• Gibbous

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What is the term for the shadow cast by the Earth or Moon during an eclipse?

• Umbra

• Penumbra

• Antumbra

• Corona

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