Solar Eclipse Facts for Kids

What does the word 'solar' mean?

• of or about the soles of your feet or shoes

• of or about the sun

What is the name of our galaxy?

• Milky Way

• Snickers

Which statement is false?

• The planets go around the sun.

• The moon goes are the Earth

• The sun goes around the moon.

Which type of eclipse is the rarest?

• partial eclipse

• total eclipse

Why does it get cold outside during totallity of a solar eclipse?

• The sun provides heat and is hidden by the sun, so loss of heat.

• The moon is an ice cube.