Comparing Eclipses - Kristen Mace | Biblioteka

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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.

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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.

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What is the meaning of syzygy in this text?

celestial bodies lined up

a poetic technique

the moon casting a shadow

a celestial body

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Using context clues from the text determine what the following word means... "Diminutive"

Enormous

Extremely small

Important

Average sized

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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

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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

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What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "Century/millennium"

cause/effect

item/category

part/whole

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What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "Earth/Planet"

cause/effect

item/category

part/whole

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What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "syzygy/eclipse"

cause/effect

item/category

part/whole

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What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "sunlight/umbra"

cause/effect

item/category

part/whole

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What is the relationship between the following pair of words... "Earth/Milky Way Galaxy"

cause/effect

item/category

part/whole

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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.