Earth, Moon, and Sun
Across
- 2. the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth).
- 6. a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth
- 7. a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth
- 12. moon: a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
- 13. a moon outside our solar system
- 14. the border between light and dark on the Moon
- 15. something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 17. the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
- 18. when the Moon is completely dark
Down
- 1. a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
- 3. to shine light on an object and make it visible
- 4. phase: the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth
- 5. the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
- 8. the relative size of things
- 9. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- 10. a planet outside our solar system
- 11. a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
- 16. a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth