earth and space science crossword
Across
- 2. the phase between the full moon and a new moon
- 6. moon passes between the earth and sun
- 9. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft
- 10. movement of the earth around the sun
- 11. longest day of the year
- 12. a weaker high and low lides that occur when the sun and moon are not in the same line as the earth
- 14. on the opposite side of the Earth from the sun
- 16. very high tides cause on new moons or full moons
Down
- 1. earth passes between the sun and the moon
- 3. changes in the water levels
- 4. describe the movement of the earth on the axis
- 5. month with the longest day in it
- 7. brightest object in the night sky
- 8. all of space and matter and energy contained in it
- 12. between the earth and the sun
- 13. shapes observed in a repeated pattern of changes
- 15. the large dark flat areas on the moon visible from earth.
- 16. object in the middle of the solar system