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A lunar eclipse occurs when
         
       
      
      
      
          
      
      
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         Answer: A) The Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line         
         
Explanation: An eclipse happens when a planet or a moon gets in the way of the sun's light. Our planet Earth experiances two types of eclipses. They are Solar and Lunar eclipses.
 
Solar Eclipse : This occurs when The Sun, the Moon and the Earth are in a straight line. The moon being in middle blocks sun rays falling on the Earth.
 
Lunar Eclipse : The Sun, the Earth and the Moon are in a straight line. The Earth being in middle and moon in the shadow of Earth behind it.

       
      
      
      
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