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