Motions of our Universe Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 4. The movement of one celestial body around another, like Earth orbiting the Sun
  2. 6. Higher high tides and lower low tides that occur during New Moon and Full Moon.
  3. 9. When the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon, making it appear dark or reddish
  4. 10. The different shapes of the lit part of the Moon as seen from Earth
  5. 11. Oval-shaped, describing the slightly non-circular orbit of planets
  6. 14. When the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking some or all of the Sun's light.
  7. 15. Less extreme tides that happen during First and Last Quarter Moon phases
Down
  1. 1. The division of the earth into imaginary parts: Northern, Southern, Western, Eastern
  2. 2. An event where one celestial body partially or fully blocks the light from another celestial body
  3. 3. An imaginary line that runs through the center of a planet from pole to pole
  4. 5. Relating to the sky or outer space
  5. 7. The spinning of a planet or other celestial body on its axis.
  6. 8. The Sun and all the objects that orbit around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets
  7. 12. The rise and fall of ocean levels caused mainly by the Moon's gravitational pull
  8. 13. The path a celestial body takes as it moves around another body in space