Solar& Lunar Eclipse Golewala Fdk

LIGHT & SHADOW IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM The sun is the only source of light in the solar system. The earth is revolving around it & the moon revolves around the earth. So their relative positions keep changing. This makes the moon appear different to us on different nights & also causes eclipses.

L U N A R E C LIP S E Penumbra MOON

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LUNAR ECLIPSE:There are times when the earth, the moon & the sun are in a straight line during their travels. If at such a time the earth is between the sun & the moon. It may obstruct the light of the sun or cast a shadow on the moon. On such a night as the moon passes through the penumbra & the umbra of the earth’s shadow. It gets eclipses. When it enter the penumbra it looks dull. As it starts entering the umbra apart of it each blocked from view and there is a partial lunar eclipse. When the moon is entirely in the umbra there is a total lunar eclipse.

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SOLAR ECLIPSE In the course of their respective travels there are times when the moon, the earth and the sun are in a straight line. If at such a time the moon is between the sun and the earth it may obstruct the light the sun light or cast a shadow on the earth. The region of the earth where the umbra of the shadow falls experiences a total solar eclipse and the region where the penumbra falls experiences a partial solar eclipse. Prepared By:Students Name 1.Manpreet Kaur 2.Gurpinder Kaur 3.Sukhvir Kaur 4.Rajdeep Kaur 5.Jasmeen Kaur 6.Veerpal Kaur

Class&Sec 7th A (Collect Topic) 7th A (Editing) 7th A (Drawing) 7th B (Write) 7th B (Write) 7th B (Color)

Spl Thanks:- Jovinder Singh (Sci.Master)