Eclipses & Tides

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

During a solar eclipse...

• The sun is blocked by the moon
• The Earth is blocked moon
• The moon is blocked by the sun
• You are blocked

Why do the Sun and Moon appear to be the same size in the sky?

• The Sun is 400 times bigger, but the Moon is 100 times closer.
• The Sun is 100 times bigger, but the Moon is 400 times closer.
• The Sun is 400 times bigger, but the Moon is 400 times closer.
• The Moon is 400 times bigger, but the Sun is 400 times closer.

An eclipse in space is when....

• one object passes through the shadow of another object.
• two shadows collide.
• the moon is in the waxing crescent phase.
• the Sun and Moon are side by side.