Astronomy
Across
- 5. Why do we have seasons?
- 8. The two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun
- 9. A region of complete shadow resulting from total obstruction of light
- 11. The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object
- 13. The moon blocks sunlight from Earth, when the new moon passes directly between the sun and Earth.
- 15. A tide with the least difference between low and high tide; occurs when the sun and moon pull at right angles: at the first and third quarter moons.
- 16. The different shapes of the moon you see from Earth.
- 17. The periodic rise and fall of ocean water caused by the gravitational pull of the moon
- 19. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South Poles, about which Earth rotates
- 21. The cause of day and night
- 23. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
Down
- 1. A tide with the greatest difference between high and low tide; occurs when the sun and the moon are in a line: at a new moon and a full moon.
- 2. The movement of an object around another object, Earth's = 365 1/4 days
- 3. this planets tilt is 23.5 degrees
- 4. The larger part of the shadow surrounding the darkest part.
- 6. Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon
- 7. the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
- 10. a push or pull exerted on an object
- 12. an object at rest tends to stay at rest, and an object in motion tends to stay in motion
- 14. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis Earths = 24 hours
- 18. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
- 20. Earths revolution is 356 and1/4 _______ long
- 22. the study of the universe beyond Earth, including the sun, moon, planets, and stars