Solar Eclipes

1. What is a solar eclipse?

• a. When the Earth moves between the sun and the moon

• b. When the moon moves between the Earth and the sun

• c. When the sun moves between the Earth and the moon

• d. When the Earth rotates around the sun

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2. What are the two types of shadows cast by the moon during an eclipse?

• a. Umbra and shadow

• b. Umbra and penumbra

• c. Light and dark

• d. Full and partial

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3. What is a total eclipse?

• a. When the moon only partially covers the sun

• b. When the moon completely covers the sun's surface

• c. When the sun is completely hidden by clouds

• d. When the sun is brighter than the moon

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4. How often does a total solar eclipse happen somewhere on Earth?

• a. Every month

• b. Every year or two

• c. Once a decade

• d. Every hundred years

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5. What should you do to safely watch a solar eclipse?

• a. Look directly at the sun

• b. Use regular sunglasses

• c. Use certified eclipse-watching glasses

• d. Stand in the shade

8. What are Baily's beads?

• a. A type of eclipse event

• b. Shafts of light seen just before totality

• c. The last rays of the sun

• d. Stars visible during the day

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