Astronomy

1. _______ belt, beyond the outer planets
6. waxing _______ moon, occurs just before a full moon
7. how much space something takes up
9. the force that pulls any two things with mass together
11. an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by another force
13. the strength of gravity depends on how far apart the objects are, and their ________
18. _______ eclipse, where the moon passes through Earth's shadow
19. summer ______, longest day of the year
21. _______ tide, when there is not much of a difference between high tide and low tide
22. day of equal daylight and darkness
23. ______ quarter moon, when the left half of the moon is lit from our perspective
24. ________ the two week stretch when the moon appears to be getting smaller/thinner

2. to spin on an axis
3. _________ First Law of Motion, inertia
4. ______ moon, the moon phase whenever there is a lunar eclipse
5. the number of planets in our solar system
8. the smallest planet in our solar system, also the planet closest to the sun
10. the inner planet smaller than Earth but has more moons
12. _______ moon, the moon phase whenever there is a solar eclipse
14. _________ belt, between the inner and outer planets
15. _______ eclipse, when the moon blocks our view of the sun
16. the planet in our solar system closest in size to Earth
17. _______ moon, the name of the second full moon of a month
19. ________ tide, when high tides are extra high and low tides are extra low
20. ______ crescent moon, occurs just after a new moon