Astronomy Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Huge basins that contain lava flows marked by, craters, ridges, faults etc.
- 9. The darkest part of the shadow
- 10. Either of the two days of the year on which the Sun reaches its greatest distance North or South of the equator
- 11. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
- 12. A phase of the Moon which it has finished as a full Moon but not yet(Close to it's max size)
- 14. The farthest side of the Moon
- 15. The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 18. Term describing a model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets and stars revolve around the Sun
- 19. When the Moon appears dark when it passes Earth's shadow during an eclipse
- 20. Either of the two days of the year on which neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun
Down
- 1. An object that orbits the planet
- 2. Another word for the Moon
- 4. The spinning motion of an object on its axis
- 5. The movement of an object around another object
- 6. A phase of the Moon which it has finished as a full Moon but not yet(Close to it's min. size)
- 7. Hemispherical pit that is created by an impact of a meteorite or other object
- 8. When the Sun is obscured by the Moon during an eclipse
- 13. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 16. The part of the shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 17. Term describes a model of the solar system in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars