WorksheetsThe Great American Eclipse
Total questions: 8
Worksheet time: 4mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Select the view of the sun when we first observed at 11:55 during 4th period.
a)
round with "bite" out of the left side
b)
round with nothing missing or covered
c)
looked like a "C" shape
d)
round with a "bite" out of the top right side
2.
The eclipse looked the same all over the United States.
a)
True, everyone in this country saw the exact same thing from their area.
b)
False, only some places experienced a total eclipse with darkness.
3.
Totality for a solar eclipse means
a)
The location is in the dense shadow of the moon called the umbra.
b)
The location is in the lighter shadow of the moon called the penumbra.
c)
The location is in the lighter shadow of the earth called the penumbra.
d)
The location is not able to notice any effect of the moon's umbra.
4.
Solar eclipses happen every month.
a)
True, the moon blocks out the light to earth every month.
b)
False, although the moon casts a shadow every month it doesn't always hit earth.
5.
The moon's orbit is
a)
on a horizontal plane exactly like earth.
b)
on a tilted plane but always high on the sun's side.
c)
on a tilted plane but the high and low side varies slightly with each revolution.
d)
veritcal to the earth from the north to the south pole.
6.
Select the view of the sun from our location at the peak of coverage (the least amount of sun showing).
a)
A small sliver in a crescent shape remained.
b)
The corona flashed visible.
c)
The sun looked like a cookie with a bite out of it.
d)
The whole sun shown brightly
7.
As more and more of the sun was blocked out
a)
it got hotter.
b)
it got cooler.
c)
it got completely dark.
d)
nothing happened.
8.
We wore special glasses to
a)
look really cool.
b)
keep from getting an F.
c)
pretend we were rock stars.
d)
block out harmful rays from the sun.
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