LUNAR ECLIPSES
A lunar eclipse happens when this object blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon.
What is Earth
A solar eclipse happens when this object blocks sunlight from reaching Earth
What is the Moon
Which type of eclipse is safe to look at with the naked eye—solar or lunar?
What is Lunar
This type of lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes completely into Earth’s umbra.
What is total lunar eclipse
This is the rarest type of solar eclipse.
What is a total solar eclipse
The moon takes this amount of days to complete it's cycle of phases
What is 29.5 Days
Eclipses happen because of this force that keeps the Moon orbiting Earth.
What is gravity
Why don’t we see a lunar eclipse every month?
Because the Moon’s orbit is tilted compared to Earth’s orbit
In which phase of the Moon can solar eclipses occur?
What is the new moon
it is called a what when the Earth partially passes through the moon's shadow
What is partial solar eclipse
the imaginary line an object rotates on
What is axis
During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon appears this color.
What is red/orange
you would see a partial solar eclipse if you were within the moon's umbra true or false
What is false
This is the alignment of the Sun, Earth, and Moon during a lunar eclipse.
What is Sun–Earth–Moon in a straight line
This is the alignment of the Sun, Earth, and Moon during a Solar eclipse.
What is Sun–Moon–Earth in a straight line