Visualizing Eclipses (Pd. 7)

Visualizing Eclipses In this activity, you will look at pictures that your teacher took while demonstrating the various positions of the Sun, the Earth, and the Moon during different eclipses. To create these models, your teacher used a flashlight, clay, a toothpick, and a ruler. What represents what? Match the material pictured above with the object that it represents. Flashlight The Sun Small Clay Sphere The Moon Large Clay Sphere The Earth Eclipse One Look carefully at the shadow made by the large sphere. Match the names and descriptions for the parts of the shadow. Umbra dark area - the light is completely blocked Penumbra lighter area - most of the light is blocked Which eclipse is represented in the pictured titled "Eclipse One"? Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Annular Eclipse During which phase of the Moon is an eclipse like "Eclipse One" possible? New Moon Quarter Moon Full Moon Crescent Moon Gibbous Moon Eclipse Two Which eclipse is represented in the pictured titled "Eclipse Two"? Lunar Eclipse Solar Eclipse Partial Eclipse During which phase of the Moon is an eclipse like "Eclipse Two" possible? New Moon Quarter Moon Full Moon Crescent Moon Gibbous Moon Why don't eclipses like these happen every month? Actually, they do occur every month. Because, it takes a year for the Moon to travel around the Earth. Because, the Moon's orbit is tilted, and they don't line up perfectly every time. Eclipses do happen twice a month, it's just that we don't always get to see them.