Positions
The earth experiences these because it is tilted on an axis
What are seasons?
The parts of the earth where the sun never completely sets below the horizon
What are Polar regions?
This term is used to describe what happens when one body in space passes directly between two others
What is an eclipse?
The amount of time it is safe to look at an eclipse
What is only a few seconds?
This shape signals it is time to protect your eyes again by not looking at the eclipse
What is a crescent?
Term defining a time when both Northern and Southern hemispheres have equal amounts of daytime and nighttime.
What is an equinox?
The areas midway between the equator and the polar regions
What are the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn?
The ring of bright sunlight surrounding the moon during an eclipse
What is an annulus?
After this year, the time it will be before another eclipse will be visible in the United States
What is 20 years? (Aug 23, 2044)
Never look through these lenses at an eclipse
What are sunglasses, cameras, telescopes and binoculars?
Four-letter word explaining the direction the earth's axis is pointed as the earth moves around the sun
What is always the same?
The two places which do not experience sunrise at due east and sunset at due west.
What are the North Pole and the South Pole?
Term defining the shadow of the total eclipse
What is the umbra?
The date and time of the next solar eclipse as viewed from North America
What is April 8 at 11:07 am Pacific Time?
The term used for the special lenses designed to view a solar eclipse
What are eclipse glasses?
This position creates longer days and shorter nights
What is the summer solstice or when the earth is tilted in toward the sun?
These Great Wonders always point toward the rising sun in the month of March
What are the Great Pyramids?
The bright flash which occurs as the last bits of sunlight stream through valleys of the moon is called this
What is the diamond ring effect?
Time when the sun never completely sets below the horizon is known as this
What is midnight sun?
A type of device individuals can create to safely view the upcoming solar eclipse
What is a pinhole projector?
The position of the sun relative to the equator on March 19, 2024
What is perpendicular?
Disruption of satellites occur in the days before the vernal equinox and the days after the autumnal equinox in this place
What is the Northern Hemisphere?
The two Latin words which combined form the term for the times of year when the Northern and Southern hemispheres have equal amounts of daytime and nighttime
What are aequus and nox, meaning equal night?
Time when the sun never rises above the horizon is known as this
What is polar night?
This is the position of your body in relation to the sun when using a pinhole projector
What is your back toward the sun?