Solar & Lunar Eclipses
What lines up with what, and why eclipses are rarer than you would expect.
What this lesson covers
Solar & Lunar Eclipses is a 10-part Class 7 Science lesson. Each part makes one point and then hands over to the next, so it can be read in a sitting or picked up again at the part you stopped on. It defines the idea in plain words before using it, works through an example step by step, breaks the topic into its parts and compares them, shows where it is used outside the textbook, names the mistakes that cost marks in an exam, ends with a recap of what to remember.
How it begins
An eclipse happens when one body passes into the shadow of another. The Sun makes light; the Earth and Moon do not. They only block it. Everything about eclipses follows from that.
The 10 parts
- Shadows in space
- A solar eclipse
- A lunar eclipse
- How they differ to watch
- Never look at the Sun
- Why eclipses are not monthly
- Why the Moon turns red
- Where marks go
- What to remember
- Watch one worked through
Practise Solar & Lunar Eclipses
Everything on QuizByt for Class 7 Science that goes with this lesson: read it first, then test yourself while it is fresh.
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