Earth + Space Vocabulary
Across
- 2. The path an object, such as a planet, takes as it revolves around another object.
- 6. Each of the four divisions of the year marked by particular weather patterns and daylight hours.
- 9. The reflected light is increasing on the moon's surface, but less than half is visible from Earth.
- 10. The process of turning or spinning on an axis.
- 13. The appearance of phases of the moon as viewed from Earth, as the moon orbits the Earth.
- 15. The type of tide that occurs when ocean water is at its highest level during the day.
- 16. No reflected light from the sun is visible on Earth.
- 17. The type of tide that occurs when ocean water is at its lowest level during the day.
- 19. The partial or total blocking of light of one object (sun or moon) by another.
- 20. Marks the longest day of the year (most sunlight); generally occurs around June 21-22 in the northern hemisphere
- 22. The action of one object moving completely around in an orbital path.
- 23. The rising and falling of the ocean's surface.
- 24. A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the least.
- 25. The type of eclipse that occurs when the moon passes between the sun and Earth.
- 27. The reflected light is decreasing on the moon's surface, but more than half is still visible from Earth.
- 28. An increasing amount of visible light on the moon's surface.
Down
- 1. Only the right half of the moon is visible from Earth.
- 3. An imaginary line that runs through both poles of a planet.
- 4. The type of eclipse that occurs when the moon appears darkened as it passes into Earth's shadow.
- 5. An imaginary line drawn around Earth that divides it into two halves - the northern hemisphere and southern hemisphere.
- 7. A day that marks equal day and night; generally occurs around March 21-22 in the northern hemisphere.
- 8. Marks the shortest day of the year (least sunlight); generally occurs around December 21-22 in the northern hemisphere.
- 9. The reflected light is decreasing on the moon's surface and less than half is visible from Earth.
- 11. The moon's surface is completely visible from Earth.
- 12. A day that marks equal day and night; generally occurs around September 22-23 in the northern hemisphere.
- 14. Only the left half of the moon is visible from Earth.
- 18. A tide in which the difference between high and low tide is the greatest.
- 21. The reflected light is increasing on the moon's surface and more than half is visible from Earth.
- 26. A decreasing amount of visible light on the moon's surface.