Solar Eclipse 101

What type of eclipse is this?

• Solar eclipse

• Lunar eclipse

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

• Total

• Umbra

• Penumbra

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What moon phase occurs during a solar eclipse?

• Full moon

• new moon

• 1st quarter

• waxing gibbous

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Why do eclipses not occur with every new and full moon?

• The moon's orbit is tilted.

• The earth is tilted.

• The moon doesn't always come in between the sun and moon during new moons.

• The moon is too far from earth.

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

• It can be viewed 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

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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.

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What is the bigger, less dark part of the shadow called in an eclipse?

• Penumbra

• Penumbrella

• Umbrella

• Umbra

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Noah, Scarlett, and Aiden are discussing a phenomenon they observed. They think it was a solar eclipse. Which of these would describe a solar eclipse?

• A solar eclipse is when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.

• A solar eclipse is when the moon blocks the sun's light from reaching the Earth.

• A solar eclipse is when the sun blocks the moon's light from reaching the Earth.

• A solar eclipse is when the Earth blocks the sun's light from reaching the moon.

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What causes a solar eclipse?

• The Sun passing between the Moon and the Earth

• The Earth passing between the Sun and the Moon

• The alignment of the planets causing a shadow on the Sun

• The Moon passing between the Sun and the Earth

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During a solar eclipse, what part of the Sun is visible?

• corona

• sunspots

• chromosphere

• photosphere

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