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Grade-5 EVS Solar and lunar eclipse

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which eclipse do you need to wear special glasses for?

a)

Mars Eclipse

b)

Mercury Eclipse

c)

Lunar Eclipse

d)

Solar Eclipse

2.

Which happens when the Earth comes in between the Moon and the Sun?

a)

Lunar Eclipse

b)

Solar Eclipse

c)

Earth Eclipse

d)

Jupiter Eclipse

3.

Which eclipse happens when the Moon gets in between the Earth and the Sun?

a)

Neptune Eclipse

b)

Uranus Eclipse

c)

Solar Eclipse

d)

Lunar Eclipse

4.

Why can you not see a total solar eclipse from everywhere on the Earth?

a)

No, You can see a total solar eclipse anywhere on the Earth

b)

Because the Moon is smaller than the Sun and the Earth

c)

Because the Moon is bigger than the Sun and the Earth

d)

Because the Earth is tilted

5.

The moon is made of ______________.

a)

Cheese

b)

Rocks

c)

Metal

d)

Fungus

6.

The sun is a _____________.

a)

Star

b)

Planet

c)

Asteroid

d)

Meteor

7.

The sun is mainly made up of ___________.

a)

Oxygen

b)

Hydrogen

c)

Plutonium

d)

Carbon

8.

How long does it take to the moon to revolve around the Earth?

a)

23.7 days

b)

25.4 days

c)

27.3 days

d)

24 hours

9.
How often does Earth orbit the sun?
a)
30 days
b)
24 hours
c)
365.25 days
d)
12 hours
10.
How long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
a)
12 hours
b)
24 hours
c)
27 days
d)
365 days
11.
What causes a solar eclipse?
a)
Earth's shadow
b)
the moon's shadow
c)
the sun stops shining for a moment
d)
Earth's atmosphere
12.

what type of eclipse this is?

a)

Lunar eclipse

b)

Solar eclipses

13.

What type of eclipse is this an example of?

a)

lunar eclipse

b)

solar eclipses

14.

When does a lunar eclipse occur?

a)

at night

b)

When the moon's shadow is on the earth

c)

During the day

d)

when the moon comes between the sun and earth

15.

During a lunar eclipse, what color does the moon appear?

a)

Red-Orange

b)

black

c)

Yellow-Green

d)

White

16.

A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

a)

new

b)

full

c)

cresent

d)

gibbus

17.

Which type of eclipse occurs when the Moon comes directly between Earth and the Sun?

a)

lunar eclipses

b)

solar eclipses

18.

This image is an example of

a)

new moon

b)

full moon

c)

lunar eclipses

d)

solar eclipses

19.

A solar eclipse happens during the day.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

A lunar eclipse occurs at which moon phase?

a)

quarter moon

b)

new moon

c)

crescent moon

d)

full moon