Earth and the Moon in Space
Across
- 2. Moon passes between Sun and Earth
- 4. Moon doesn't block the Sun totally and leaves a bright ring
- 7. the zone on the beach between high tide and low tide
- 8. the season we get when we're tilted towards the Sun
- 9. when the Moon is not quite full
- 11. when our side of the Earth faces away from the sun
- 13. the point that the Earth spins around
- 14. the Earth's axis has a ____ that gives us the seasons
- 18. the Moon getting darker and darker
- 19. the ____ cycle is around 28 days
- 20. one celestial body is shadowed by another
- 22. the Moon is half-illuminated
Down
- 1. two high tides and two low tides
- 3. when the celestial bodies are not quite lined up
- 5. when our side of the Earth faces the Sun
- 6. when the Moon is banana-shaped
- 10. the Haida can count these on turtles to keep track of the lunar cycle
- 12. the Moon's last phase before New Moon
- 15. the Earth _______ around the Sun
- 16. a rocky body that orbits around a planet
- 17. the Moon getting brighter and brighter
- 21. the Moon at its brightest