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