Earth, Sun & Moon Revision Crossword
Across
- 1. the phase of the moon in which its whole disc is illuminated
- 6. our planet's axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees
- 8. the force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth
- 9. is a thin, curved shape that's thicker in the middle and tapers to thin points at each end
- 12. is any phase of the moon during the lunar cycle between the full moon and the new moon
- 13. there are 4 of them and they change the weather at certain times of the year
- 14. when Earth does a full rotation around the sun it is called a ***********
- 15. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon
Down
- 2. the curved path of a celestial object round a star, planet or moon
- 3. the phase of the moon when only half its illuminated surface is visible from the earth,
- 4. is any phase of the moon during the lunar cycle between the new moon and the full moon
- 5. the phase of the moon when it first appears as a slender crescent
- 7. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow
- 8. a moon in between a half-moon but less than a full moon
- 10. It is a star round that the Earth orbits
- 11. each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided
- 16. an imaginary line that goes from the north to south pole