Earth in Space
Across
- 4. the repeating pattern of day and night that occurs every 24 hours
- 5. the apparent shapes of the Moon in the sky
- 7. the phase of the Moon when it cannot be seen from Earth
- 8. The motion of an object around another object.
- 11. vent in which the moon passes between the Sun and Earth.
- 14. A shape like a circle stretched out in opposite directions; Event in which one object in space gets between the Sun and another object.
- 15. a vehicle that lands on other plants to collect data
- 17. the star closest to Earth
- 18. Path an object follows as it revolves around another object.
Down
- 1. when the Moon looks like a whole circle from Earth
- 2. a group of stars that looks like a picture in the sky ; star patterns
- 3. an imaginary line through Earth from the North Pole to the South Pole.
- 5. A natural object that orbits a planet.
- 6. a tool used to collect samples from deep space
- 9. The government agency that runs the US Space Program.
- 10. a tool that uses lenses and mirrors to make far away objects look larger and closer
- 12. The turning of an object on its axis
- 13. to turn or spin
- 16. to give back an image; to bounce back off a surface