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Full Moon and lunar eclipses
This task is about reading diagrams and graphs about the Moon.
Question
a) How often is there a full Moon?
On 1 or 2 nights each year.
On 1 or 2 nights each month.
Whenever the night sky is clear.
Once or twice in the Spring and Autumn only.
Whenever the Moon is turned towards the Earth.
Question
b) The diagram shows an eclipse of the Moon.
To a person standing on the Earth at point X, the Moon would look
dark, because it is in the Earth's shadow.
dark and light, because half the Moon is still in sunshine.
bright, because the Sun is shining on it while half the Earth is in shadow.
bright, because there would still be moonlight while half the Earth is in darkness.