SUMMATIVE EVALUATION
1. WRITTEN PRACTICE (CLASSWORK/ HOMEWORK)
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate options :
A situation when the moon disc is partly covered is called ..
lunar eclipse.
(total , partial, an
A solar eclipse can occur only on a.
moon day. (full, new, crescent)
A lunar eclipse can occur only on a.
moon day. (quarter, new, full)
Correct the wrong statements. Write down the corrected ones :
The moon revolves around the sun.
On a full moon day, the moon, the sun, and the earth are positioned in this sequence.
he revolutionary orbits of the earth and the moon are in the same plane.
Answers
Explanation:
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow.This can occur only when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are exactly or very closely aligned (in syzygy), with Earth between the other two. A lunar eclipse can occur only on the night of a full moon. The type and length of a lunar eclipse depend on the Moon's proximity to either node of its orbit.
During a total lunar eclipse, Earth completely blocks direct sunlight from reaching the Moon. The only light reflected from the lunar surface has been refracted by Earth's atmosphere. This light appears reddish for the same reason that a sunset or sunrise does: the Rayleigh scattering of bluer light. Due to this reddish color, a totally eclipsed Moon is sometimes called a blood moon.
Unlike a solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly 2 hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only up to a few minutes at any given place, due to the smaller size of the Moon's shadow. Also unlike solar eclipses, lunar eclipses are safe to view without any eye protection or special precautions, as they are dimmer than the full Moon.