Amplify Earth, Moon, and Sun Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Moon, a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
  2. 3. Moon, a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth
  3. 4. moon, a moon that looks like a full circle from Earth
  4. 6. a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
  5. 10. Moon, a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
  6. 13. the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
  7. 15. something we observe to be similar over and over again
  8. 16. Phase, the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth
  9. 18. the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
  10. 19. a moon outside our solar system
  11. 20. the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
  12. 21. the relative size of things
  13. 23. a feature that forms on a surface of a planet such as a channel, crater, or volcano
  14. 24. a measurement of the gravitational force of an object depending on mass and location
Down
  1. 2. an object that moves around a larger object
  2. 5. System, the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
  3. 7. a measure of the amount of matter in an object
  4. 8. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
  5. 9. Eclipse, when the Moon is completely dark
  6. 11. the border between light and dark on the Moon
  7. 12. a force that attracts object toward one another
  8. 14. moon, a moon phase that looks like less than half of a circle from Earth
  9. 17. a planet outside our solar system
  10. 21. eclipse, when the moon casts a shadow on the Earth caused by perfect alignment of the Earth, moon, and the Sun
  11. 22. to shine light on an object and make it visible