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What is the difference between the umbra and the penumber?

umbra is the shadow and penumbra is the part the umbra is in


What are the two parts of a shadow?

your shadow


What is the contrast between an umbra an a penumbra?

the umbra is a darker shadow than the penumbra


How do the umbra and penumbra relate to eclipse?

The umbra is the darker total shadow; the penumbra is the surrounding partial shadow.


Which solar eclipse is associated with the umbra and the penumbra?

The umbra is associated with a total eclipse, penumbra with partial.


How does the penumbra differ from an umbra?

an umbra is the center of the solar eclipse which is the darker part and the penumbra is farther away from the center of the eclipse and is brighter than the umbra


Word origin of umbra penumbra and ant-umbra?

The word "umbra" comes from Latin, meaning "shadow." "Penumbra" is also from Latin, combining "paene," meaning "almost," with "umbra." "Antumbra" derives from Latin "anti," meaning "against," and "umbra."


What are two parts of a shadow?

umbra and penumbra


What is the different of umbra and penumbra?

Umbra and penumbra when referred to the moon describes the shadow which is formed when light is blocked from the sun, by the moon. This shadow which falls on the Earth and has two distinct regions; a partially shadowed area which is the penumbra and the centre point a totally dark umbra. We on Earth looking skyward and watching the shadow pass as the Earth revolves would describe the penumbra as a partial eclipse and the umbra as a total eclipse.


Why does the darker part of the shadow called umbra?

"Umbra" is Latin for "shadow". "Penumbra" can be translated as "almost shadow".


How do you use penumbra in a sentence?

During the eclipse, the penumbra is the outer part of the shadow where only partial sunlight is blocked.


True or false the umbra is the inner part of the shadow?

The umbra in a shadow is the portion where light from a source is completely blocked. This is in the middle of the shadow. The area around this, where light from part, but not all of the source shines is called the penumbra. In the shadow cast by the moon in an eclipse, the penumbra is the partial shadow that occurs before the total eclipse, and the umbra is the 'total eclipse' portion