Eclipses Test

An observer stands at the tip of the dark blue arrow in the diagram. What is the view of the Sun from the observer's point of view?

• View A

• View B

• View C

• View D

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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 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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The moon is brightest during which of these events?

• Total solar eclipse

• Penumbral lunar eclipse

• Annular eclipse

• Total lunar 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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Label the picture with the correct eclipse type

a

b

Lunar Eclipse

Solar 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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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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