Earth and Sun
Across
- 2. to turn on an axis
- 4. a time in the morning when the sun appears over the horizon
- 7. the measurement of the amount of matter in something
- 9. the phase of the moon when all of the sunlit side of the moon is visible from Earth
- 13. the star in the center of the Solar System
- 14. one of the four planets that are made of gas.
- 15. to reduce in volume by applying pressure
- 16. a huge region beyond the gas giant planets, made up of different sized chunks of matter
- 17. the shape of the moon when it appears to be more than a quarter but not yet full and when it is less than full but not quite a third quarter
- 18. the layer of gases surrounding Earth
- 21. an imaginary line around which a mass, like a planet, rotates
- 22. the phase of the moon when the sunlit side is not visible from earth
Down
- 1. anything that takes up space
- 3. curved shape of the visible part of the moon before and after a new moon
- 5. the force of attraction between masses
- 6. a phase of the moon halfway between a new moon and full moon
- 8. A system of the sun and other objects that orbit the sun
- 10. cycle the four week period during which the moon orbits Earth one time and is visible in all of its phases
- 11. a large, round object orbiting a star
- 12. a mass of ice, rock, and gas orbiting the sun
- 19. the force exerted by an object or fluid on something
- 20. the time between sunrise and sunset