Eclipse Pretest

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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darkest, innermost 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 type of eclipse occurs when the earth's shadow is cast on a full moon?

• solar

• lunar

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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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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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the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another.

• eclipses

• penumbra

• umbra

• revolve

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The darkest part of a shadow, especially the cone-shaped region of full shadow cast by Earth, the Moon, or another body during an eclipse.

• penumbra

• waxing

• umbra

• waning

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occurs when the moon passes between the sun and the earth

• solar eclipse

• lunar eclips

• satellites

• waxing

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