ESM Crossword (Advanced)

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Across
  1. 3. The moon does not make its own light, it ___________ the light from the sun
  2. 4. the path a body travels in space around another body.
  3. 7. the phase of the moon that shows a completely light circle
  4. 10. during the summer the hemisphere that faces the sun receives __________ sunlight.
  5. 11. an eclipse when the moon blocks the sun during the daytime
  6. 12. a small spherical body that orbits a planet
  7. 14. when your side of the earth is facing the sun.
  8. 15. the half of the earth you live on, divided into northern and southern.
  9. 20. the moon orbits earth every 27.3 days, which is basically this
  10. 21. the largest planet
  11. 22. When the moon is directly above you, or on the exact opposite side of the earth from you, you will experience this. (no space)
  12. 23. Eclipses are more __________ due to the moons orbital tilt.
  13. 24. changes in climate due to earths tilt
  14. 26. The scientific term for "light up"
  15. 29. to spin on ones axis
  16. 31. The galaxy that we live in (no space)
Down
  1. 1. The phase of the moon that we see when the moon is between us and the sun.
  2. 2. to move around a central point
  3. 5. a characteristic that changes the strength of gravity that an object produces
  4. 6. when your side of the moon is facing the sun.
  5. 8. summer days are on average _____________.
  6. 9. The third planet from the sun
  7. 13. at any moment this much of the moon is illuminated
  8. 16. a large mass of plasma that does nuclear fusion to create heavier elements
  9. 17. Solar or Lunar
  10. 18. the current number of confirmed planets in our solar system
  11. 19. an eclipse where the earths shadow blocks the moon during nighttime
  12. 24. The largest object in our solar system.
  13. 25. All planets in our solar system orbit this object
  14. 27. In a solar eclipse, the earth, sun, and moon are this
  15. 28. the moon uses this force to pull on our oceans causing tides
  16. 30. 23.5 degrees from the perpendicular