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title: Eclipses — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · World
description: The 17 test and exam questions of lesson 8 «Eclipses» of the world course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Eclipses

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The 17 questions of lesson 8 «Eclipses» of the world course of Mova's primary school with their options, 90 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/world/8-eclipses/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t1/) — Kai holds a ball between a lamp and a globe. What is he showing? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t2/) — Tonight there is a half moon. Which is true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t3/) — If the Moon were twice as far away, how would solar eclipses change? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t4/) — In one town the Sun goes dark for a few minutes, while a city 2 thousand kilometres away sees nothing special. What is happening? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t5/) — Astronauts on the Moon look at the Earth during a lunar eclipse. What do they see? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t6/) — A friend wants to watch a solar eclipse through dark sunglasses. What should you tell him? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t7/) — Which is true about the shadow in a lunar eclipse? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t8/) — Why does a lunar eclipse last much longer than a total solar eclipse in one place? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t9/) — If the Moon's path were not tilted at all, what would happen? — right ✓ · ★★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t10/) — wot's a solar eclipse then — right ✓ · ★★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t11/) — can i look at the eclipse tmrw with my sunnies — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t12/) — my sister says we get a solar eclipse every new moon. true? — wrong ✗ · ★★
- [t13](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/t13/) — Tom reckons the Moon goes red in a lunar eclipse cos it gets hot. right? — right ✓ · ★★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/e1/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises a solar eclipse? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/e2/) — State the lunar phase at which, and at which alone, a lunar eclipse may occur. — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/e3/) — Identify the principal reason for which eclipses do not occur in every month. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/world/8-eclipses/e4/) — Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning the safe observation of eclipses. — wrong ✗ · exam

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