Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary

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