Earth in Space
Across
- 3. The reason why we orbit the sun
- 6. lasts 365 and 1/4 days
- 7. the view of the Moon seen from Earth when the whole of its near side is in sunlight
- 8. reaching a place on Earth
- 10. Changes on thewater level along the coastlines
- 14. the time period between the appearance of one new moon to the next
- 17. the change in the Moon’s appearance between a new moon and the following full moon
- 19. the sun rises from the...
- 22. all of space and the matter and energy contained in it
- 24. The result of the extra 1/4 in a year
- 25. ...experiences summer when the Southern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
- 26. occurs when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun so that all of the Sun’s light to a place on Earth is blocked by the Moon
- 30. the turning of an object about its own axis (between the North and South poles)
- 32. very high tide that occurs when there is a new or full moon
- 34. The sun sets in the...
- 35. brightest object in the night sky
- 36. occurs when the Earth moves between the Sun and the Moon so that some or all of the Moon’s
- 37. The way the Earth orbits around the sun
Down
- 1. occurs when the Moon moves between the Sun and the Earth
- 2. ...the shortest day of the year
- 4. the change in the Moon’s appearance between a full moon and the following new moon
- 5. There is no... on the moon so the surface does not change
- 8. a body such as a moon that orbits another celestial body of a larger size and mass
- 9. number of phases of the moon
- 11. ...holds the longest daylight hours
- 12. The direction which the Earth rotates
- 13. an attractive force between two objects which have mass
- 15. Star at the center of the Solar system
- 16. occurs when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun and prevents some of the
- 18. the result of the Earth's tilt
- 20. ...experiences summer when the Northern hemisphere is tilted towards the sun
- 21. does not receive light from the Sun and cannot be seen
- 23. When the Earth spins it creates a bulge at the equator which causes... at the side opposite the moon
- 27. An imaginary line
- 28. days with the same number of daylight hours as night hours
- 29. occurs when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun and prevents some or all of the sunlight reaching a place on Earth
- 31. the regular rise and fall of water level
- 33. Third planet from the sun