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Comparing Eclipses
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Question 1
1.
What occurs during a lunar eclipse?
The moon casts its shadow on the Earth.
Earth casts its shadow on the moon.
Earth orbits the sun.
Earth is at its farthest point from the sun.
Question 2
2.
Which detail supports the idea that two or more objects line up in an eclipse?
During a solar eclipse, the moon slips between Earth and the sun.
In China and Babylon, observers recorded them as long ago as 4000BC.
The moon has a cone-shaped shadow.
Solar eclipses happen every 300 to 400 years.
Question 3
3.
What is the meaning of
syzygy
in this text?
celestial bodies lined up
a poetic technique
the moon casting a shadow
a celestial body
Question 4
4.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means... "Diminutive"
Enormous
Extremely small
Important
Average sized
Question 5
5.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means... "Celestial"
Able to be destroyed
Only found on Earth
Only found on the Moon.
Relating to the sky or outer space
Question 6
6.
Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means... "Phenomena"
A special situation
An everyday event
Something common
Something you are in complete control of
Question 7
7.
What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "Century/millennium"
cause/effect
item/category
part/whole
Question 8
8.
What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "Earth/Planet"
cause/effect
item/category
part/whole
Question 9
9.
What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "syzygy/eclipse"
cause/effect
item/category
part/whole
Question 10
10.
What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "sunlight/umbra"
cause/effect
item/category
part/whole
Question 11
11.
What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "Earth/Milky Way Galaxy"
cause/effect
item/category
part/whole
Question 12
12.
What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "ellipse/shape"
cause/effect
item/category
part/whole
Watch a solar eclipse that took place in 2012.
