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Earth Science Unit: Lunar Phases and Eclipses
Earth Science Unit: Lunar Phases and Eclipses
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Level 2 Lunar Phases and Eclipses, Earth Science Unit
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1
What is the outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere that is visible during a solar eclipse?
Chromosphere
None of the above
Photosphere
Corona
2
The word _____________ relates to the moon.
Comet
Solar
Lunar
Planet
3
What is this picture depicting?
Solar Proposition
Solar Perogative
Solar Prominence
Solar Pollop
4
Does this image depict a solar or lunar eclipse?
Lunar
Solar
5
What phase is the moon in according to this picture?
Full Moon
Gibbous moon
New Moon
Quarter Moon
6
Does this picture depict a lunar or solar eclipse?
Lunar
Solar
7
Is a full moon or new moon involved in a lunar eclipse?
new moon
full moon
8
Before and after the quarter moon phases are the _________ and _______ phases.
Gibbous moon and crescent moon.
New moon and full moon.
9
When a solar eclipse occurs, is it a new or full moon that is between the earth and sun?
Full moon
New moon
10
Does the moon in this picture appear to be waxing or waning?
Waning
Waxing
11
Waxing- a phrase used to describe when the moon's apparent size is _____________.
Decreasing
Increasing
12
About how long does it take the moon to orbit the earth?
18 days
38 days
28 days
48 days
13
What phase is the moon in according to this picture?
Gibbous moon
Quarter Moon
Crescent Moon
New Moon
14
The _____ is the inner, cone shaped part of the shadow, in which all light is blocked.
umbra
penumbra
15
What phase is the moon in according to this picture?
Crescent moon
Gibbous moon
New moon
Quarter moon
16
A ____ is when a dark area is produced by an object coming between rays of light and a surface.
Shadow
Sun ray
None of the above
Blockage
17
Is B in this picture the umbra or penumbra?
umbra
penumbra
18
Which eclipse lasts longer?
Lunar Eclipse
Solar Eclipse
19
What phase is the moon in according to this picture?
Quarter moon
New moon
Crescent moon
Full moon
20
True or False: In the penumbra, the light is dimmed by a shadow but not totally absent.
False
True
21
Eclipses do not occur every month because the moon's orbit is inclined 5° to the Earth's orbit.
False
True
22
What phase is the moon in according to this picture?
Quarter moon
Gibbous moon
Full moon
New Moon
