Eclipse Crossword
Across
- 2. The dark area or shape made by something blocking light rays
- 6. In a sloping position
- 7. The partially shaded outer region of a shadow
- 8. The act of rotating around a center
- 9. The center or darkest part of a shadow
- 11. When the moon blocks the light of the sun from getting to the earth
- 12. When the moon passes into the earth's shadow
- 13. A repeating path that one object in space takes around another
- 14. The natural satellite of the Earth, mostly visible at night
Down
- 1. When the Earth moon and sun are all aligned
- 3. A type of eclipse when the sun's light is obscured by the moon
- 4. When the moon passes between the Sun and Earth but they aren't perfectly aligned.
- 5. When a portion of the moon passes through the earth's umbral shadow.
- 10. The motion of one body around another