7th grade space
7th grade (Year 8 in England) · 16 questions · Common Core: NGSS.MS-ESS1-1 · England: KS3 Physics: Space physics
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Question 1
Eclipses: which statement is NOT true?
- A. A lunar eclipse is safe to look at with your eyes.
- B. A solar eclipse happens at new moon.
- C. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon.
- D. In a solar eclipse the Earth's shadow covers the Sun.
Question 2
Which type of eclipse is this: the sky goes dark during the day?
- A. solar eclipse
- B. lunar eclipse
Question 3
Why isn't there a solar eclipse every month?
- A. The Moon stops in some months
- B. The Moon's orbit is tilted, so it usually passes above or below the Sun's line
- C. Eclipses only happen in summer
- D. The Sun is too small
Question 4
Eclipses: which statement is NOT true?
- A. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon.
- B. A solar eclipse happens at new moon.
- C. During a total solar eclipse, the sky becomes dark enough to see some stars.
- D. Eclipses happen every week.
Question 5
Which type of eclipse is this: it can only happen at full moon?
- A. solar eclipse
- B. lunar eclipse
Question 6
How can the small Moon cover the huge Sun in a total solar eclipse?
- A. The Sun is about 400 times bigger but also about 400 times further away
- B. The Moon is bigger than the Sun
- C. It is an illusion caused by clouds
- D. The Sun shrinks during eclipses
Question 7
Eclipses: which statement is NOT true?
- A. Sunglasses make it safe to stare at a solar eclipse.
- B. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon.
- C. A solar eclipse happens at new moon.
- D. A lunar eclipse is safe to look at with your eyes.
Question 8
Which type of eclipse is this: the Moon is between the Sun and the Earth?
- A. solar eclipse
- B. lunar eclipse
Question 9
Why is it never safe to look directly at a solar eclipse?
- A. It makes you dizzy
- B. The Sun's light can damage your eyes even when partly covered
- C. The Moon is radioactive
- D. It is too dark to see
Question 10
Eclipses: which statement is NOT true?
- A. During a total solar eclipse, the sky becomes dark enough to see some stars.
- B. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon.
- C. A solar eclipse happens at new moon.
- D. Eclipses happen every week.
Question 11
Which type of eclipse is this: the sky goes dark during the day?
- A. solar eclipse
- B. lunar eclipse
Question 12
What is the arrangement during a lunar eclipse?
- A. Moon – Sun – Earth
- B. Earth – Sun – Moon
- C. Sun – Earth – Moon
- D. Sun – Moon – Earth
Question 13
Eclipses: which statement is NOT true?
- A. During a total solar eclipse, the sky becomes dark enough to see some stars.
- B. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon.
- C. A solar eclipse happens at new moon.
- D. Sunglasses make it safe to stare at a solar eclipse.
Question 14
Which type of eclipse is this: the Moon can look red or coppery?
- A. solar eclipse
- B. lunar eclipse
Question 15
Why isn't there a solar eclipse every month?
- A. The Moon's orbit is tilted, so it usually passes above or below the Sun's line
- B. The Moon stops in some months
- C. Eclipses only happen in summer
- D. The Sun is too small
Question 16
Eclipses: which statement is NOT true?
- A. A lunar eclipse happens at full moon.
- B. During a total solar eclipse, the sky becomes dark enough to see some stars.
- C. A solar eclipse happens at new moon.
- D. Sunglasses make it safe to stare at a solar eclipse.
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