Ring of Fire Solar Eclipse

October 14th is this ______________

• Friday

• Saturday

• Sunday

The annular eclipse occurs when the Moon covers the ______.

• Earth

• Sun

What is the alignment of the objects to make the eclipse?

• Sun Moon Earth

• Earth Moon Sun

How are a total Eclipse and an  Annular eclipse different?

• In a total eclipse the moon totally blocks out the sun and in an annular eclipse the moon is smaller than the sun and a circle is around the moon.

• The total eclipse is when the moon is not as big as the sun and there is a glow around it, where as the annular eclipse is completely blocking out the sun.

The Moon is in a perfect circle around the Earth.  True or False

• True

• False

These surface features create an uneven edge of the Moon, where small "beads" of sunlight still shine through the lowest parts for a few moments after the rest of the Sun is covered .  What is this called

• Baily's beads

• Coffee beans

 A feature of total and annular solar eclipses. As the moon “grazes” by the Sun during a solar eclipse, the rugged lunar limb topography allows beads of sunlight to shine through in some places, and not in others. When only one bead is shining through what do we call the effect?

• Brass Ring effect

• Diamond Ring effect

You should not look at the sun during the eclipse.

• True

• False