Solar and Lunar Eclipses

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  1. 2. There are ____ kinds of eclipses
  2. 5. The region in which only a portion of the light source is obscured be the Earth
  3. 6. A solar eclipse occurs during the ____
  4. 7. An eclipse can be ______
  5. 8. plane The apparent path of the Sun on the celestial sphere as seen from the Earth's centre
  6. 10. Most easily seen during a total solar eclipse
  7. 12. The innermost and the darkest part of the shadows, where the light source is completely blocked by the Earth
  8. 13. eclipse Occurs when the Earth passes between the moon and the Sun and the Earth's shadow obscures the moon or a portion of it
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  1. 1. eclipse An ______ is when the moon is at its futhest point in orbit
  2. 3. A lunar eclipse can only occur when the moon is directly ______ the Sun in the sky
  3. 4. portion A lunar eclipse can be seen from a______ of the Earth
  4. 9. eclipse A ____ is when it blocks out a portion of the Sun
  5. 11. A lunar eclipse occurs at _____
  6. 14. Solar eclipses are more ____ and when it happens it can only be seen by a very narrow segment of people, it can only be seen for a short period of time