Astronomy Concepts

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Across
  1. 2. What we live on
  2. 6. A ___ eclipse when a celestial object partially blocks out the light from another celestial body from reaching another place
  3. 8. A ___ eclipse when the moon blocks out light from the sun from reaching Earth
  4. 9. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth
  5. 10. "When the lights on the right its ___"
  6. 11. The phase of the moon when there's a sliver of light seen.
  7. 13. The ___ Hemisphere is the upper half of the globe.
  8. 14. When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days
  9. 15. The North and South ___.
  10. 18. A ___ eclipse when the Earth block sunlight from reaching the moon
  11. 19. The partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
  12. 21. One of ___'s Laws states that planets travel in elliptical orbits with the sun as one focus
  13. 22. The phase of the moon when you can't see any light.
  14. 23. The time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length
  15. 25. The closest star to Earth
  16. 28. When the moon it at its farthest point from Earth
Down
  1. 1. The Milky Way ___ is where the solar system is located in
  2. 3. "When the lights on the left its ___"
  3. 4. What occurs when a celestial object blocks the light from another celestial object from reaching another place.
  4. 5. When the moon is at its closest point from Earth
  5. 7. The path of ___ is the path of the moon't umbra across the earth
  6. 8. A ___ tide is when there's the greatest amount of difference between the highest high and lowest low tides
  7. 9. The phase of the moon when seen it's mostly covered in light.
  8. 11. The Orion ___ is only seen in the winter in the northern hemisphere
  9. 12. A ___ tide is when there's the least amount of difference between the highest high and lowest low tides
  10. 16. The ___ Hemisphere is the lower half of the globe.
  11. 17. The phase of the moon when the moon is behind Earth.
  12. 20. What orbits the Earth
  13. 24. The phase of the moon when the Sun, Earth, and Moon create a right angle.
  14. 26. The fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object
  15. 27. A ___ eclipse when a celestial object completely blocks out the light from another celestial body from reaching another place