Eclipse Quiz Answer Sheet
Answer Key for the Eclipse Quiz.
1. Correct Answer: B. The moon blocks the sun's light from the Earth.
A total solar eclipse can occur only when the moon is in its new phase.
2. Correct Answer: A. On a hill.
If you are fortunate enough to be in the path of the eclipse, make sure you watch from a place where your view of the sun will be unobstructed.
3. Correct Answer: B. The bright parts of the sun that may be seen shining brightly between the high points of the moon's irregular edge.
The cone-shaped shadow of the Earth or moon on the sun is called the umbra. The point at which the moon is at its farthest point from the Earth is called the apogee.
4. Correct Answer: C. A pinhole viewer.
It is never safe to look at a partial or annular eclipse, or the partial phases of a total solar eclipse, without the proper equipment and techniques. Earth View, Inc. provides comprehensive instructions for building your own pinhole viewer.
5. Correct Answer: A.
Seven.
Eclipses can occur in groupings of either four solar and three lunar or five solar and two lunar.
6. Correct Answer: A.
Peru.
Read excerpts from Gillis's journal on the Exploratorium's website.
7. Correct Answer: B.
Cornwall, England.
Scores of eclipse enthusiasts will descend on Cornwall, England for a grand-scale festival.
8. Correct Answer: B. 2 1/2 hours.
The eclipse will last 2 1/2 hours as it moves from the North Atlantic to the Bay of Bengal.
9. Correct Answer: A. Four.
10. Correct Answer: C. Experienced a partial solar eclipse.
Africa had
total eclipses on June 21, 2001 and will have one on December 4 of 2002.
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