WorksheetsTotal Solar Eclipse
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 4mins
Total solar eclipses occur worldwide every _____.
3 months
6 months
12 months
18 months
It has been calculated that, on average, a total solar eclipse can be seen from the same location only once every ...?
375 years
7 years
126 years
273 years
When was the last total solar eclipse in the continental United States?
1 year ago
3 years ago
7 years ago
9 years ago
When will the next total solar eclipse be visible from the continental United States?
3 years
7 years
20 years
31 years
A total solar eclipse can only happen during a Full Moon?
True
False
On April 8, 2024, Totality will last a maximum of?
4 minutes 28 seconds
4 minutes 52 seconds
5 minutes 17 seconds
5 minutes 54 seconds
You can safely view an eclipse during totality (when the moon completely covers the sun) without a solar filter or eclipse glasses?
True
False
The sun's diameter is approximately how many times larger than that of the moon?
100
200
400
800
The periodicity and recurrence of eclipses is governed by the ____ cycle?
Thanos
Saros
Lunar
Solar
A Saros cycle, after which the Earth, Sun, and Moon return to nearly the same relative positions and the cycle of lunar and solar eclipses begins to repeat itself, is an interval of _____?
1 year
7 years 56.66 days
14 years 149.66 days
18 years 11.33 days
During a total solar eclipse, the Moon's shadow moves across the Earth at speeds Exceeding _____?
100 mph
250 mph
500 mph
1,000 mph
It has been estimated that only about 1 in every _____ people will see a total solar eclipse in their lifetime.
100
10,000
100,000
1,000,000
