Seasons Crossword

3. On the equinox, the earth receives an ____ amount of light during the day and night time.
7. month of the N. Hemisphere summer solstice
8. The summer solstice is the _________ day of the year.
12. the day on which day and night are nearly equal length.
13. the longest or shortest day of the year
15. Changes in the amount of ____ reaching different latitudes cause seasons.
17. earth is the ___ planet from the sun
18. A Mars year is almost ____ as long as an earth year.
19. the shape of the orbit the earth takes around the sun
21. month of the N. Hemisphere winter solstice
22. the spinning of an object around a central point
23. the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes
24. the primary cause of the seasons, Earth's _______
25. month of the N. Hemisphere vernal equinox

1. the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice
2. a day on Mars
4. When an object its farthest from the body it orbits
5. orbit: when one object goes around something else
6. When an object is closest to the body it orbits
9. month of the N. Hemisphere autumnal equinox
10. The elliptical orbit causes the _______ to advance and recede.
11. season in the northern hemisphere when we are closest to the sun.
14. the result of earth's tilt on the climate of earth
16. Earth receives more ____ ____ in the summer than in the winter.
20. The tropic at which the sun is directly overhead on the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice