Planetary Science
Across
- 2. Daylight hours are longer and solar angle is much higher.
- 6. Day of the year when daylight and nighttime hours are exactly equal.
- 7. Imaginary lines that run horizontally (left and right) around Earth.
- 8. The system of gases surrounding Earth.
- 10. Daylight hours are shorter and solar angle is much lower.
- 12. An imaginary axle going through the North and South Pole; is tilted 23.5 degrees.
- 13. How far something is above the ground.
Down
- 1. Path of one object around another; such as the path of Earth around the Sun.
- 2. Day of the year when the North Pols is leaning either completely toward or completely away from the Sun, creating either the longest or shortest day of the year.
- 3. A star and all of the planets, moons, and other objects that orbit that star (2 words).
- 4. It takes Earth 24 hours (1 day) to make one complete ______.
- 5. The angle that sunlight shines on a surface (2 words).
- 9. The system of water (solid, liquid, and gas) that is found on, below, or above Earth's surface.
- 11. Found at 0 degrees latitude.