Eclipses Crash Course

A lunar eclipse occurs when:

• The sun passes between the Earth and the moon.

• The moon passes between the Earth and the sun.

• The moon passes through the Earth's shadow.

• The sun passes through the moon's shadow.

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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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What angle is formed by the sun, the Earth, and the moon during an eclipse?

• 180 degree

• 270 degree

• 90 degree

• 45 degree

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When a solar eclipse happens, who can see it?

• Anyone in the Northern Hemisphere

• Anyone in the Southern Hemisphere

• Anyone around the Equator

• Anyone who is in the moon's shadow

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In the diagram, a ​​ (a)   is  occurring.​

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

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LABEL THE PICTURE WITH THE CORRECT ECLIPSE TYPE

a

b

SOLAR ECLIPSE

LUNAR ECLIPSE

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In the diagram above, a ​ (a)   is occurring.

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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Label 'A' is the ​ (a)  

Label 'B' is the ​ (b)  

• penumbra

• umbra

• Space Ship

• Solar Eclipse

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If a celestial body like a planet or a moon is covered completely from receiving the Sun’s light, and the body is perfectly in line with the Sun, a ​ (a)   occurs.

• total eclipse

• partial eclipse

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclipse

• new moon

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A ​ (a)   is when only part of the Sun or the Moon is covered by a shadow, almost as if it looks like a cook​ie with a bite taken out of it.

• partial eclipse

• total eclipse

• fool's eclipse

• blood moon

• gibbous moon

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