SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES

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