Are you ready for the biggest space event to happen in decades? We know we are! The total solar eclipse is only a few days away, so we thought it’d be a good time to test your eclipse knowledge.
Well, are you an eclipse expert? Tell us how many you got right in the comments below, and be sure to check out The Weather Channel all day long on Monday, August 21st for our extensive total solar eclipse coverage.
I got 6.
I got 8/8
I got 7, and am disappointed that I forgot the history of the Periodic Table
only got 4 right well i learned more than i thought when i seen the corerct answers to the ones i missed
3, not very eclipse savvy!
8/8!
I only got 4 right, and I thought I knew more! Also, I couldn’t tell when they were just talking about the continental U.S., or in general when they referred to the last solar (total or otherwise) eclipse.
7/8 Missed the question about wearing protection. I misread it. TRUE or FALSE. Thought it said “SHOULD” wear (answered true), but instead was written as “SHOULDN’T” wear protection. I guess I really do need my reading glasses to read. Lol 😀
Hi guys, I got 5 right!! ‘Member that song “I’m a girl watcher? Well today I’m an eclipse watcher!! fun..fun..fun!!
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5/8 better than I thought
3 right. Need to study harder.
It IS possible to chase an eclipse. It’s just that most people don’t have a rocket propelled vehicle or a place to drive it.
7/8 I’m an eclipse knowledge ninja!😉
4 right, no expert here, but did learn a lot about an eclipse!
Got 7 out of 8. Not quite the expert. I think I miss read question 6.
😠Grrr only 3
Sue and I working together 8 out of 8!!
6/8…..according to the Weather Channel a “Ninja”. So what is that? Hmmm I don’t know. Fun quiz though.
5 of 8 w/1 click mistake. So 6 out of 8 really. The Periodic table was the misclick. Knew helium.
I got 8/8 but I’ve been doing a lot of reading up on eclipses. Wish I could be in the area of totality but thanks th the glasses from TWC I’ll enjoy it.
4 out of 8.Well at least I got HALF of them right
6 out of 8. I need to quit quit second guessing myself.
Got 8 out of 8.
8/8, been getting ready. KC, MO here we come!
NASA is chasing it so yeah….
I guess I know more then I thought five out of eight
5/8, not bad, but was expecting to do better.
6/8. Didn’t know the element. How will the eclipse affect those on solar power??
I thought there were people who chased eclipses around the globe when they happen; so that was a trick ?–didnt know u meant a single event –you’d have to be fast @1Kmph to chase an individual happening….SC, totality or bust!!!
Yep! Some eclipses move even faster! This one is moving at 1800mph or around 30 miles a minute!
Couple of ’em were a bit tricky…question 4 subliminally convinced my brain they were referring to eclipses within the continental U.S. However, I still would’ve missed it because I wasn’t aware of the ’91 event, and was looking for 1979 amongst the answers. Question 8 really should’ve been phrased with “average” in the question, not just in the answer. Why? Because from what I’ve read, the temperature drop in the path of totality is much closer to 20 degrees. Fingers crossed for clear skies for all!
I thought they had said 5-10 degrees, so chose 6. 🙁
8 of 8
8/8 YES
Look I hate to be a sore loser type,but it IS possible to chase an eclipse. Yeah you gotta go fast but you can do it.
I want my point!!
oh never mind….,Im going to totallity in Makanda,Illinois
Who else is going?
I’m going to Nebraska
clear skies?
I think it’s going to be a little cloudy
Heading to Farragut, TN, but the cloud cover expectation seems to change day to day, so who knows?
You can of course chase an eclipse, it just would not work real well, or extend the time very much at all. To really chase it, you would need to be in a high speed aircraft, like, one capable of at least Mach 1.5.
6/8 way better than I thought. Probably just luck.
I got 8 out of 8
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6/8 not bad, the element was a guess.
5/10 pretty good. I thought I would have gotten more wrong.
You know it was out of 8, right?
I got five right but I thought I would do better. However, I still enjoyed it. Thanks! 🙂
6 for 8 . . . better than I thought, but wouldn’t call myself an expert.
Better than I did, only 4 right.
Me too! Only 4 right.
8 of 8
Same here.
Me too!