What causes Solar and Lunar Eclipses Quick Review Solar means Lunar means The SUN The MOON What is an Eclipse An eclipse happens when one object gets in between you and another object and blocks your view ID: 537786
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Solar and Lunar Eclipses!
What causes Solar and Lunar Eclipses?Slide2
Quick Review!
Solar means
Lunar means
The SUN!
The MOON!Slide3
What is an Eclipse?
An eclipse happens when one object gets in between you and another object and blocks your view.
Get out of my way, I can’t see!Slide4
Lunar Eclipse
When the Earth’s shadow covers the Moon, we can’t see it as well, so we call this a Lunar Eclipse.Slide5
Lunar
Eclipse Moon
Sun
Earth
Moon’s Path
A lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth lies between the Sun and Moon, so that Earth's shadow darkens the Moon.
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Quick Check!
What causes a Lunar Eclipse?Slide9
Quick Check!-Answer
The Moon traveling into the Earth’s Shadow. Lunar Eclipse means we can’t see the Moon.Slide10
Solar Eclipse
The Moon blocks the light of the Sun so we can’t see it.Slide11
South Pole
North Pole
Solar
Eclipse
Sun
Moon
What is the phase of the moon?
New Moon!Slide12Slide13
Quick Check!
What causes a Solar Eclipse?Slide14
Quick Check!-Answers
The Moon blocking the Sun.Solar Eclipse means we can’t see the Sun.