Astronomy

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Across
  1. 5. composed mainly of rock, ice, and frozen gasses; eccentric orbits
  2. 6. volcanic rock made from cooled volcanic lava
  3. 7. the point directly above your head on the imaginary celestial dome
  4. 9. the field around a planet that is generated by movement in a liquid metal core
  5. 13. waves that travel through a planet like soundwaves through the air
  6. 16. the emission of particles, such as electrons
  7. 17. the number of waves that pass in a cycle
  8. 19. slow motions within the mantle of Earth move large segments of the crust
  9. 21. increasing moon phase
  10. 22. curved, sickle-shaped moon phase
  11. 23. the horizontal line that is halfway between the north and south pole
  12. 25. the entire range of wavelengths of radiation
Down
  1. 1. highest energy wavelength, deadly to humans
  2. 2. an imaginary horizontal line on the globe used to measure distances N-S
  3. 3. O3, good absorber of high energy wavelengths
  4. 4. decreasing moon phase
  5. 8. the vertical great circle that passes through the poles
  6. 10. whenever any part of either Earth or the Moon enters the shadow of the other
  7. 11. hump-shaped moon phase
  8. 12. an imaginary vertical line on the globe used to measure distances E-W
  9. 14. the atmospheric insulation that keeps heat in
  10. 15. cosmic debris that enters the atmosphere and makes it to the ground
  11. 18. high energy wavelength, just outside of visible light
  12. 20. low energy wavelength, heat energy
  13. 24. rocky bodies that orbit the Sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter