Earth, Moon, Sun Interactions Revision Questions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Why do the sun and the moon appear to be the same size in the sky?

 

2. Why do we not have a total solar eclipse every month?

 

3. Describe a total solar eclipse.

 

4. What are Bailey’s Beads? 

 

5. Describe a partial solar eclipse.

6. What is a lunar eclipse?

 

7. What type of eclipse is most common and why?

8. Why does the Moon appear red during a Lunar eclipse?

 

9. In which direction does the Earth spin?

 

10. What is a Sidereal Day?

 

11. What is a Solar Day?

 

 

12. What is the difference between AST and GMT?

 

13. Name the Aurorae.

 

14. What causes the Aurorae?