Eclipse

A solar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New
• Cresent
• Gibbous
• Full

What do we call the sun's outer atmosphere that you see during a solar eclipse?

• an umbra
• a corona
• an orbit
• a shadow

Which of the following is not true about a total solar eclipse?

• It can be viewed once a year from every spot on earth
• It is dangerous to look at without the proper device
• When it happens, the moon blocks all of the sun except the corona
• You must be within the moon's umbra to see it

A solar eclipse only occurs during which moon phase?

• 1st Quarter
• New Moon
• Full Moon
• 3rd Quarter

• solar eclipse
• lunar eclipse

This image is an example of

• Lunar Eclipse
• Full Moon
• New Moon
• Solar Eclipse

In order to have an eclipse, the Moon, Sun and Earth have to be?

• Below each other
• Above each other
• In alignment

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

• Lunar eclipse
• Solar eclipse

What is the darkest inner part of the shadow cone called, where a total eclipse can be viewed.

• Total
• Umbra
• Penumbra

• solar eclipse
• lunar eclipse