Earth and Moon
Across
- 2. the path that an object follows as it revolves around another object
- 3. a representation which displays some but not all aspects of an object or phenomenon
- 5. a set of connected parts that form a complex whole
- 6. a star that is always above the horizon when viewed from a given latitude
- 8. the motion of an object around another object in space
- 9. the latitudes furthest north and south that receive sunlight at a perpendicular angle
- 13. the appearance of the lit area of the moon as seen from Earth
- 15. a natural object in space
Down
- 1. a limitation on an engineering solution
- 4. a time of year when the sun is directly overhead at the equator at noon, when day and night are of equal length
- 5. a time of year when the sun is directly overhead at one of the tropics during noon
- 7. the plane in which an object’s orbit lies
- 10. the spin of an object around a point or line
- 11. the lunar phase where Earth is directly between the sun and the moon; the moon looks like a circle
- 12. the lunar phase where the moon is directly between Earth and the sun; the new moon cannot be seen from Earth
- 14. an imaginary line around which a rotating object turns