Earth's Motion & its Seasons

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Across
  1. 6. Where the sunsets in the Summer
  2. 8. All of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
  3. 9. The time of day when the sun is highest in the sky
  4. 10. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
  5. 11. The only sky that does not appear to move in our sky. It remains stationary.
  6. 12. Special name for March 21st in the Northern Hemisphere
  7. 15. Special name for Dec. 21st in the Northern Hemisphere
  8. 19. Name for our current day model of the Solar System where the Sun is in the center and planets revolve around the sun
  9. 21. The name for the point directly over an observer
  10. 22. Spinning of the Earth on its axis causes the apparent daily motion of the sun, earth, & moon.
  11. 23. The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies such as asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
  12. 24. The name of the latitude that receives the vertical sun rays on the first day of Spring and Fall
  13. 25. Where the sunrises in the Winter
  14. 26. Earth orbiting around the sun causes us to see different constellations throughout the year.
Down
  1. 1. The name of the latitude that receives the vertical sun rays on the first day of summer
  2. 2. Object on Earth
  3. 3. Object in Space
  4. 4. Name for the model of the Solar System where the Earth is in the center and everything revolves around the Earth
  5. 5. Special name for Sept. 22nd in the Northern Hemisphere
  6. 7. The name of the latitude that receives the vertical sun rays on the first day of winter
  7. 13. The number of degrees the stars appear to move across the sky per hour because of Earth’s rotation
  8. 14. Where the sunsets in the Fall and Spring
  9. 16. Where the sunrises in the Fall and Spring
  10. 17. Special name for June 21st in the Northern Hemisphere
  11. 18. Where the sunsets in the Winter
  12. 20. Where the sunrises in the Summer