EMS crossword puzzle
Across
- 2. The shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth
- 4. A moon outside our solar system
- 5. A moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth
- 7. When the Moon is completely dark
- 12. To shine light on an object and make it visible
- 13. The amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars.
- 14. An object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- 15. the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
- 18. A moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth
Down
- 1. The border between light and dark on the Moon
- 3. A rocky sphere that travels around the planet
- 4. A planet outside our solar system
- 6. A moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
- 8. A moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth
- 9. A moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
- 10. Something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 11. The nearly circular path a smaller object ( like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
- 16. The relative size of things
- 17. The star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system