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