Astronomy

1. The path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space.
5. Moon phase in which the waxing half of the moon is visible from Earth.
10. When the moon is between the earth and the sun, and casting a shadow on the Earth.
12. phase in which the whole lighted side of the moon can be seen on Earth
13. There are 2 different kinds. occurs when a complete or partial hiding of the sun caused by the moon's passing between the sun and the earth.
15. to move in a sloping position
16. the dividing line between the shape of the moon
17. Occurs when earth changes its position around the sun (winter, spring, summer, and fall)
18. Phase of the moon during which the side of the moon facing the Earth is unlit by the sun.
19. Tides that occur during a 1st and 3rd quarter moon phase and cause higher low tides and lower high tides.
21. Natural or artificial body that rotates arodun a planet.
22. Phases of the moon during which the moon's sunlit area is decreasing.
23. Imaginary straight line running through the Earth from pole to pole.

2. Movement of the Earth around its axis. The spin of a body on its axis.
3. When the Earth is between the moon, and the sun and casting a shadow on the moon.
4. The motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit.
6. the different stages of the moon are called...
7. Moon phase in which the waning half of the moon is visible from Earth.
8. occurs two times in the year, the sun either reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon
9. Waxing or waning, more than half of the moon is visible.
11. Waxing or waning, less than half of the moon is visible.
14. Tides that occur during a full and new moon and cause higher high tides and lower low tides.
20. The moment when the sun passes directly above the equator from south to north. Marks the beginning of spring in the Northern Hemisphere.
22. Phases of the moon during which the moon's sunlit area is increasing.