SOLAR AND LUNAR ECLIPSES

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