Fill in the blank: The phenomenon where the Sun, Earth, and Moon align to cause a total or partial shadow is called a ______.
Eclipse
Eclipse is correct.
An eclipse occurs when the Sun, the Earth and the Moon come into a straight line so that one body blocks sunlight from reaching another. In a solar eclipse the Moon passes between the Sun and the Earth and casts its shadow on the Earth; in a lunar eclipse the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon and its shadow falls on the Moon. Depending on whether the dark umbra or the lighter penumbra falls, the eclipse is total or partial.
A transit is a small body (such as Mercury or Venus) passing across the face of the Sun, seen as a tiny dot. Conjunction only means two bodies appear close together in the sky and need not produce any shadow. Revolution is the orbital motion of one body around another, not a shadow event.
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