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Across
- 4. the darkest part of a shadow
- 5. the different apparent shapes of the moon that are seen from earth
- 9. part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 12. of universal gravitation the scientific law that states every object in the universe is attracted to another object
- 13. a system that can organize the time of a year
- 15. the spinning motion of a planet on its axis
- 17. the period rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
- 18. eclipse the blocking of the sun light to earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and earth
- 19. a object that orbits a planet
- 20. a group of stars that create a image
- 22. tide the tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 24. the path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
- 25. a ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that under goes nuclear fusion
Down
- 1. tide the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 2. eclipse the blocking of the sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth between the sun and moon
- 3. flat, dark areas of the moon created by accidental lava flows
- 6. when the moon blocks the suns light from earth
- 7. the movement of an object around another object
- 8. the force that moves objects downhill
- 10. a streak of light in the sky created by a meteoroid entering the earths atmosphere
- 11. a chunk of rock or dust that is smaller then a asteroid
- 14. a imaginary line that goes through planets north and south pole
- 16. either two days of a year which the suns greatest distance north or south of the equator
- 21. either two days of a year which neither hemisphere is titled towards or away from the sun
- 23. an object that orbits a star, is large enough to become rounded by its own gravity and has cleared the area of its orbit