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Sort each clue into its eclipse

Exercise and reference answers

Items
  1. Group
    Solar eclipse
    Item
    Moon between Sun and Earth
  2. Group
    Lunar eclipse
    Item
    Earth between Sun and Moon
  3. Group
    Solar eclipse
    Item
    Happens at new moon
  4. Group
    Lunar eclipse
    Item
    Happens at full moon
  5. Group
    Lunar eclipse
    Item
    Moon sits in Earth's shadow
  6. Group
    Solar eclipse
    Item
    Moon's shadow falls on Earth
  7. Group
    Solar eclipse
    Item
    Seen along a thin path
  8. Group
    Lunar eclipse
    Item
    Seen from the whole night side
Groups
  1. Item
    Solar eclipse
  2. Item
    Lunar eclipse
Instructions
Drag every chip into the eclipse whose Sun, Earth and Moon line-up it describes.

Explanation

_Source: OpenStax Astronomy (CC BY 4.0), Ch 4 "Earth, Moon, and Sky" and Ch 5 "Radiation and Spectra", section 4.7 Eclipses of the Sun and Moon_
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