Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary
Across
- 3. the spin of an object around its axis
- 5. the lit part of the Moon or a planet that can be seen from Earth
- 7. the path an object follows as it moves around another object
- 8. the lighter part of a shadow where light is partially blocked
- 11. when Earth's rotation axis is tilted directly toward or away from the Sun
Down
- 1. phases of the Moon during which more of the Moon's near side is lit each night
- 2. the line on which an object rotates
- 4. the orbit of one object around another object
- 6. the central, darker part of a shadow where light is totally blocked
- 9. when Earth's rotation axis is tilted neither toward nor away from the Sun
- 10. an occurrence during which the Moon's shadow appears on Earth's surface