MOTIONS OF THE EARTH

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Across
  1. 6. When the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Cancer ,it is summer season in the Northern Hemisphere. It occurs on 21st of June
  2. 8. Path of the celestrial body around the parent body.___ of the earth is the path which the earth follows while revolving round the sun .
  3. 11. The portion of the earth facing the Sun experience day while the other half is away from the Sun experience night.The circle that divides the day from night on the globe.
  4. 13. When the distance from the sun is maxium(152 km )
Down
  1. 1. This causes day and night.
  2. 2. Since the earth rotates from west to east ,we see the sun rising in the east and setting in the west.
  3. 3. When the sun shines vertically over the Tropic of Capricorn ,it is summer season in the southern hemisphere. It occurs on 22nd of December
  4. 4. When the distance from the sun is minimum.
  5. 5. Period of diffused light after the sunset.
  6. 7. The sun shines directly on the equator and all places on the earth have equal days and nights .this occurs on March 21 and September 23
  7. 9. An imaginary straight line joining the two poles on which the earth rotates.
  8. 10. The motion of the earth around the sun .
  9. 12. Period of diffused light before the sunrise