Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses

Read the sentences below. Choose ONE word for EACH BOX to correctly complete the sentences based on the information in the passage. Each word will be used twice.

BLANK ONE ONLY

During a solar eclipse, the _______(1)_______ gets between the _____________ and the ______________. During a lunar eclipse, the _____________ gets between the __________ and the ______________.

• sun

• Earth

• moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the sentences below. Choose ONE word for EACH BOX to correctly complete the sentences based on the information in the passage. Each word will be used twice.

BLANK TWO ONLY

During a solar eclipse, the ______________ gets between the ______(2)_______ and the ______________. During a lunar eclipse, the _____________ gets between the __________ and the ______________.

• sun

• Earth

• moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.3

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.3

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

Read the sentences below. Choose ONE word for EACH BOX to correctly complete the sentences based on the information in the passage. Each word will be used twice.

BLANK THREE ONLY

During a solar eclipse, the ______________ gets between the _____________ and the ______(3)________. During a lunar eclipse, the _____________ gets between the __________ and the ______________.

• sun

• Earth

• moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the sentences below. Choose ONE word for EACH BOX to correctly complete the sentences based on the information in the passage. Each word will be used twice.

BLANK FOUR ONLY

During a solar eclipse, the _____________ gets between the _____________ and the ______________. During a lunar eclipse, the ______(4)_______ gets between the __________ and the ______________.

• sun

• Earth

• moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the sentences below. Choose ONE word for EACH BOX to correctly complete the sentences based on the information in the passage. Each word will be used twice.

BLANK FIVE ONLY

During a solar eclipse, the ______________ gets between the _____________ and the ______________. During a lunar eclipse, the _____________ gets between the _____(5)_____ and the ______________.

• sun

• Earth

• moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Read the sentences below. Choose ONE word for EACH BOX to correctly complete the sentences based on the information in the passage. Each word will be used twice.

BLANK SIX ONLY

During a solar eclipse, the ______________ gets between the _____________ and the ______________. During a lunar eclipse, the _____________ gets between the __________ and the ______(6)________.

• sun

• Earth

• moon

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5

Choose two inferences that can be made about a total solar eclipse as it is happening.

• During the eclipse, Earth is casting its shadow on the sun.

• Only some people on Earth can see the eclipse.

• It is daytime when the eclipse happens.

• During the eclipse, the moon appears to be red.

• The eclipse lasts for several days in a row.

Tags

CCSS.RI.5.1

CCSS.RI.6.1

CCSS.RI.7.1

CCSS.RL.6.1

CCSS.RL.7.1

The passage explains that a lunar eclipse does not happen every month. What reason does the passage give for this?

• The moon's orbit around Earth is titled.

• The moon's orbit around Earth takes longer than a month.

• The moon is pulled in different directions by the sun.

• The moon travels too fast to block out the sun.

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.5

CCSS.RI.5.5

CCSS.RI.6.5

CCSS.RI.7.5

CCSS.RI.8.5