Moon Cycle
Across
- 4. the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
- 5. a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth
- 8. to shine light on an object
- 9. the border between light and dark on the Moon
- 10. helps us understand something by making it simpler
- 11. when the illuminated portion is getting bigger, as viewed from Earth
- 13. phase that looks like a full circle from Earth
Down
- 1. the relative size of things
- 2. the illuminated part of the Moon as seen from Earth
- 3. the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like Earth)
- 6. when the illuminated portion is getting smaller, as viewed from Earth
- 7. a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from Earth
- 10. a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
- 12. phase that looks like more than half a circle