Eclipses

A shadow results when one object blocks the ____ that another object emits or relfects.

• other object

• light

• pathway

When a tree blocks the light from the sun, it...

• reflects the light back into outer space.

• emits light from within.

• casts a shadow.

As light moves farther away from an object, the shadow ...

• gets larger

• gets smaller

• stays the same

The ___ is the central, darker part of a shadow where the light is totally blocked.

• umbra

• penumbra

• umbrella

• peninsula

The ___ is the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked.

• umbra

• penumbra

• peninsula

• umbrapenumbra

If you stood within an object's umbra, you ________ see the light source.

• would

• would not

If you stood within an object's penumbra, you ____

• would not see the light source at all

• would be able to see only part of the light source

• would be able to see the entire light source

True or False: The moon casts a shadow at all times.

• true

• false

As the sun shines on the moon, the moon usually casts a shadow...

• on Earth

• into outer space

When the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, it is during which phase of the moon?

• full moon

• new moon

• waxing gibbous