Celestial Cycles
Across
- 3. the earth's axis is ___________.
- 5. the term we use to describe the lunar phases where the moons is becoming less illuminated.
- 6. name of our moon.
- 7. the season that occurs when the hemisphere you are on is tilted towards the sun.
- 9. the season that occurs when the hemisphere you are on is tilted away from the sun.
- 11. one half of the earth (Northern or Southern)
Down
- 1. the moon phase that occurs when the moon has traveled halfway around its orbit.
- 2. the lunar phase where the moon is not visible.
- 4. eclipse that occurs when the moon blocks the sun from reaching the Earth.
- 5. the term we use to describe the lunar phases where the moon is becoming more illuminated.
- 6. eclipse that occurs when the earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the moon.
- 7. the name of our sun.
- 8. when one celestial body blocks light traveling to another celestial body.
- 10. the curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon.
- 12. it takes one _________ for the moon to travel around the Earth one time.