Let’s Try (Evaluation)
Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answers in a separate sheet.

1. Which of the following is the darkest part of the shadow during an eclipse?
a. umbra
b. penumbra
c. annulus
d. none of the above

2. How does a solar eclipse happen?
a. When the shadows of Earth and Moon are cast in space.
b. When the Moon comes directly between the Sun and Earth
c. When the shadows of Moon and Earth are neither too high nor too low.
d. When the sun is on the opposite side of the Earth and the Moon.

3. What kind of eclipse happens when the moon is entirely within the Earth’s umbra shadow?
a. Partial Lunar
b. Total Solar
C. Total Lunar
D. Partial Solar

4. What phase of the moon when a lunar eclipse happens?
a. New Moon
b. Gibbous Moon
c. Full Moon
d. Crescent Moon

5. Which of the following beliefs and practices have NO scientific bases?
I. During eclipse we are advised to watch in a basin with water.
II. During eclipse there is an increase in harmful microorganisms.
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II
d. none of the above