Eclipses Review

Solar eclipses occur during which Moon phase?

• New Moon

• Waning Crescent

• Waxing Crescent

• Waning Gibbous

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If these three bodies are lined up with each other, what would this diagram represent?

• full moon

• new moon

• lunar eclipse

• solar eclipse

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What will happen to the moon during a solar eclipse?

• It will look bigger

• It will look smaller

• It will block the light of the sun from reaching the earth

• It will not block the light of the sun from reaching the earth

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In a lunar eclipse, the shadow of the earth falls on the ...

• sun

• earth

• moon

• space

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A lunar eclipse only happens during a ________ moon.

• New

• Full

• Crescent

• Gibbous

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What type of eclipse occurs when the moon blocks the sun's light and cast a shadow on earth?

• solar

• lunar

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A _____________________ eclipse occurs  when  the  Moon passes into the  darkest part of the Earth’s shadow.

• Total Lunar Eclipse

• Moon Phases

• Lunar Eclipse

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Which phase of the moon can a solar eclipse take place?

• First quarter

• Full moon

• Last quarter

• New moon

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What do you call the darkest part of the moon's shadow?

• Eclipse

• B. Lunar eclipse

• C. Penumbra

• D. Umbra

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What do you call the lighter part of the shadow?

• A. Eclipse

• B. Lunar eclipse

• C. Penumbra

• D. Umbra

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