Eclipses Word Search
Eclipses turn the sky dark in the middle of the day, and a total solar one happens somewhere on Earth roughly every 18 months. Anyone who has stood under that shadow will know most of these words.
Eclipses word search (Easy)
Find these 10 words
10 words, across and down only
- eclipse
- lunar
- moon
- orbit
- partial
- shadow
- sky
- solar
- sun
- total
Eclipses word search (Medium)
Find these 15 words
15 words, adds diagonals
- alignment
- annular
- corona
- eclipse
- lunar
- moon
- orbit
- partial
- penumbra
- shadow
- sky
- solar
- sun
- total
- umbra
Eclipses word search (Hard)
Find these 20 words
20 words, any direction, backwards too
- alignment
- annular
- blood moon
- corona
- diamond ring
- eclipse
- lunar
- moon
- orbit
- partial
- penumbra
- pinhole
- shadow
- sky
- solar
- sun
- syzygy
- total
- totality
- umbra
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Words in the Eclipses word search
Every word used across the three levels, with a quick note on what it means.
- eclipse
- Event where one body blocks light from another.
- sun
- The light source that an eclipse briefly hides.
- moon
- Body that either blocks sunlight or enters Earth's shadow.
- shadow
- Dark area cast when light is blocked.
- total
- Eclipse where the Sun is covered completely.
- partial
- Eclipse where only part of the disk is covered.
- solar
- Eclipse in which the Moon passes in front of the Sun.
- lunar
- Eclipse in which the Moon slides into Earth's shadow.
- orbit
- Tilted paths explain why eclipses happen only sometimes.
- sky
- Where to watch, using proper eye protection.
- corona
- Pearly outer atmosphere seen during total solar eclipses.
- umbra
- Darkest inner part of a shadow cone.
- penumbra
- Lighter outer edge of the shadow.
- annular
- Eclipse leaving a bright ring around the dark Moon.
- alignment
- Sun, Earth and Moon lining up nearly straight.
- blood moon
- Reddish full moon during a total lunar eclipse.
- diamond ring
- Bright flash just before and after totality begins.
- totality
- The few minutes when the Sun is fully hidden.
- pinhole
- Small hole projecting a safe image of the Sun.
- syzygy
- Term for three space bodies lined up together.
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