Question

sometimes during their orbits, the moon &’ the earth form a line with the sun. when this happens, an eclipse occurs. there are two kinds of eclipse- lunar &’ solar. can you identify them? identify each eclipse seen here. then match the descriptions to the correct term/phrase.

Answer 1

The pic on the right is a solar eclipse and the one on the left is a lunar eclipse. Lunar eclipse only happens when the sun and moon are directly aligned in front of the sun. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow. This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned with Earth between the other two, and only on the night of a full moon.

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