Moon

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Across
  1. 3. Mountainous areas on the moon that are usually light in color.
  2. 5. The sun’s effect on tides is about ____ that of the moon.
  3. 7. The part of the lunar cycle when you see more and more of the moon.
  4. 11. The phase of the lunar cycle when you don’t see any of the moon lit up. (2 words)
  5. 12. This occurs for us when the direct rays of the sun reaches 23.5 degrees north latitude. (2 words)
  6. 15. Smooth, low areas on the moon that are usually dark in color.
  7. 16. These tides occur when the moon and sun are aligned together creating larger tides.
  8. 17. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion.
  9. 19. The phase of the lunar cycle when you see the right half of the side facing us. (2 words)
  10. 22. The part of the lunar cycle when you see less and less of the moon.
  11. 23. The period of ____ is the time it takes for an object to spin on its axis.
  12. 24. The period of ____ is the time it takes an object to orbit another object.
  13. 25. The moon is one _______ (fraction) the size of Earth.
  14. 27. The partial shadow during an eclipse.
  15. 28. These tides occur when the moon and sun are at right angle creating smaller tides.
  16. 29. Debris deposited around a crater.
  17. 32. __________ rotation is when the moon rotates and revolves at the same rate.
  18. 35. The amount of light hitting the moon’s surface increases and decreases from _____ to _____.
  19. 36. This theory states that a mars sized body collided with the earth and formed the moon.
Down
  1. 1. An ______ eclipse occurs when the moon is further from the Earth and leaves a ring of sun around the moon. (2 words)
  2. 2. An _________ occurs when the direct rays of the sun reach the equator.
  3. 4. The phase of the lunar cycle when you see most but not all of the moon.
  4. 6. The phase of the lunar cycle when you see the whole moon. (2 words)
  5. 8. An imaginary line that passes through the center of the planet, from pole to pole.
  6. 9. The full complete shadow during an eclipse.
  7. 10. The term that refers to the moon.
  8. 13. Occurs when an object/planet blocks part but not all of the sun or moon.
  9. 14. This occurs for us when the direct rays of the sun reaches 23.5 degrees south latitude. (2 words)
  10. 18. The attracting force between two objects.
  11. 20. The tilt of the Earth’s axis is just over ________ degrees. (2 words)
  12. 21. This eclipse occurs when the Earth comes between the sun and the moon.
  13. 26. The phase of the lunar cycle when you see a sliver of the moon.
  14. 30. High and low tides occur _____ a day.
  15. 31. The path an object takes when revolving around another object.
  16. 33. The eclipse occurs when the moon comes between the sun and the Earth.
  17. 34. Gravity on the moon is one ______ (fraction) that of Earth’s gravity.