Vocab
This eclipse occurs when the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth.
What is a solar eclipse?
This appears to cover the Sun during a solar eclipse.
What is the Moon?
This planet casts a shadow on the Moon during a lunar eclipse.
What is Earth?
The central, darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked.
What is umbra?
A solar eclipse can only occur during this moon phase.
What is a new moon?
A lunar eclipse can only occur during this moon phase.
What is a full moon?
The lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked.
What is penumbra?
The length of time a total solar eclipse lasts
What is 7 minutes?
The color the Moon appears during a lunar eclipse.
What is reddish brown?
Drawing and Labeling
Draw and label a SOLAR ECLIPSE and LUNAR ECLIPSE. Include the Sun, Earth, Moon, umbra and penumbra.
This eclipse occurs when the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
What is a lunar eclipse?
This is the type of shadow you need to be in to see a total solar eclipse.
What is an umbra?
Sometimes the shadow of Earth falls above the Moon and sometimes it's below the Moon due to this.
What is the tilt of the Moon's orbit?
This is the type of shadow you need to be in to see a partial solar eclipse.
What is the penumbra?
This is why we don't see a lunar eclipse every month.
What is the tilt of the Moon's orbit in relation to Earth's orbit, changing the placement of the shadow?