Earth-Moon-Sun + Seasons
Across
- 1. a lesser influencer to the tides
- 2. describes the tides during a quarter moon phase
- 6. a month that is 29.5 days. The moon goes more than 360 degrees around the Earth
- 7. the darkest part of the Moon's shadow
- 10. one quart through its orbit
- 13. describes the tides when the moon is full
- 14. _____ theory: an explanation for the formation of the Moon
- 15. Jupiter is a natural ___ of the Sun
- 16. one reason for the rarity of eclipses
- 18. the only wavelengths that can make it
- 19. number of high tides per day, usually
- 20. the direction of the Moon's orbit (also, anti- could be a prefix for it in Britain)
Down
- 1. one rotation = one revolution
- 3. within the ___, 24 hours of sunlight on the first day of summer for the northern hemisphere
- 4. ancient lava flows on the moon made of basalt
- 5. Earth sees me like this when I am a waning crescent
- 8. this eclipse can result in a blood moon
- 9. results from a lunar impact
- 11. the type of eclipse that happens during a new moon
- 12. when Venus blocks light going to the Earth
- 14. the cause of tides
- 17. during a lunar eclipse, some light goes __ the atmosphere, casting red light on the lunar surface