SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES

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Across
  1. 2. The Latin word for moon
  2. 3. The shadow that gets smaller as it reaches the earth is known as the ____________
  3. 6. An object through which light cannot pass is known as an _________ object.
  4. 8. A person who studies the sun, moon, stars etc
  5. 10. A natural source of heat and light
  6. 11. Eclipses are beautiful ___________ phenomena.
Down
  1. 1. Sometimes due to this condition in the sky, we are unable to see an eclipse.
  2. 4. We need a special __________ to look at the sun directly during a solar eclipse.
  3. 5. Solar eclipses if seen with the naked eye damage the eye _________________.
  4. 7. When the earth comes in between the sun and the earth, it is called a ___________ eclipse.
  5. 9. For a total solar eclipse, the sun, moon and the earth should be in a __________line.