Earth, Sun, and Moon Puzzle
Across
- 2. are created on opposite sides of the earth due to the moon's gravitational force
- 3. spinning of an object around its axis
- 4. the orbiting of one object around another
- 5. moon appears to be more than one-half but not fully illuminated by direct sunlight. Illumination increasing.
- 7. In a direction opposite of a rotating clock
- 9. occurs when the moon passes between the Sun and Earth, and the Moon fully or partially blocks the sun.
- 10. occurs when the moon passes directly behind the Earth into its umbra
- 12. the state of the tide when its at its lowest level
- 13. highest tidal range that occurs near the times of the new and full moons.
Down
- 1. moon the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated
- 2. approximately one week after a full moon, when half of the moon's disk is illuminated by the sun
- 5. occurs on December 21-22 in the Northern Hemisphere and on June 21-22 in the Southern Hemisphere.
- 6. spring, when the sun is directly over Earth's equator and the day and nights are equal length
- 8. the moon appears to be partly but less than one half illuminated by direct sunlight. Illumination is decreasing
- 11. an imaginary line around which an object spins