Earth moon and sun puzzle
Across
- 3. when the moon gets between Earth and the sun
- 4. force that pulls things to the ground
- 5. icy, small Solar System body
- 7. moving around a star
- 10. north to south
- 11. the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it
- 12. imaginary line in the middle of the earth
- 15. the earth from west to east
- 17. the angular distance of a point north or south of the celestial equator.
- 19. physically explore or examine
- 22. the star at the center of the Solar System.
- 23. the mean distance from the center of the earth to the center of the sun.
- 27. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
- 28. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.
- 29. a liquid, is heated and then travels away from the source, it carries the thermal energy along.
- 30. a smaller planet
- 32. a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water
- 33. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
- 36. Earth's only proper natural satellite
- 37. growing with light until a full moon is reached
- 38. rotating around an axis or center.
- 39. the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun.
- 41. a large planetary embryo that originated within a protoplanetary disc and has undergone internal melting
Down
- 1. instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer
- 2. a natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy—including planets, stars, galaxies, and even light—are brought toward one another
- 6. more crushed down oval
- 8. the fully shaded inner region of a shadow cast by an opaque object
- 9. revolution and rotation
- 12. a kind of radiation including visible light, radio waves, gamma rays, and X-rays, in which electric and magnetic fields vary simultaneously.
- 13. minor planet of the inner Solar System
- 14. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator
- 16. when a perigee coincides with a spring tide
- 18. representing the earth as the center
- 20. representing the sun as the center
- 21. makes things look closer than they really are
- 22. a period of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions.
- 24. a group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
- 25. small rocky or metallic body in outer space
- 26. the act of rising to an important position or a higher level.
- 31. a solid piece of debris from an object
- 34. have a progressively smaller part of its visible surface illuminated
- 35. a moon or planet moves into the shadow of another heavenly body.
- 39. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
- 40. the point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is furthest from the sun.