Directions: Complete the paragraph by filling in the blanks. Choose your answer from

the word box below. is a partial or total blocking of light of one (2)

object by

another. It takes place when one heavenly body such as a (3) or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body. In (4), earth moves (5) the sun and the moon. When this happens, Earth blocks the sunlight that normally is (6) by the moon. A lunar eclipse can occur only when the moon is

Sometimes when the moon orbits Earth, it moves between the sun and Earth. When this happens, the (8) blocks the light of the sun from reaching Earth. This causes an eclipse of the sun, or (9). During a solar eclipse, the moon casts a (10) onto Earth.

moon

eclipse celestial

shadow

between

reflected full moon

new moon solar eclipse

lunar eclipse​