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Science - Eclipses - Earth and Space
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- 1What is an eclipse?- An eclipse takes place when a planet or a moon moves into the shadow of another moon or planet.
- On Earth, there are only two types of eclipses: - 2What are the 2 types of Eclipses?- An eclipse of the moon (lunar eclipse)
- An eclipse of the sun (solar eclipse) - 3What is a Lunar Eclipse?A lunar eclipse happens when the Moon passes exactly behind the Earth into its umbra (shadow). This can happen only when the sun, Earth and the moon are parallel to each other
- 4What is a Solar eclipse- A solar eclipse can only occur when the moon passes in between the sun and the earth and the moon either partially or totally covers the sun.
- There are three types: total, annular and partial.
- A solar eclipses takes place every eighteen months. - 5—
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- Grade 8 Science Flashcards on Science - Eclipses - Earth and Space, created by Isabella Rutenberg on 06/06/2017.
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