Rotation/Revolution,Seasons, Solstice/Equinox
Across
- 1. moon the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated
- 4. gibbous more than half illuminated
- 5. quarter one-half illuminated by the sun
- 10. axis location and tilt of Earth during each season
- 11. summer and winter happening
- 12. tides a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water
- 13. he movement of one object around a center or another object, a forceful overthrow of a government by the people or any sudden or grand change.
- 17. cresent sometimes called an old moon, is defined to occur when the Moon is nearly, but not precisely, on a line with the Earth and Sun
Down
- 2. cycle changes every 30 days
- 3. a large fraction of the moon's day side is facing our way
- 6. resulting from the earth's changing position with regard to the sun.
- 7. the process or act of turning or circling around something
- 8. the curved sickle shape of the waxing or waning moon
- 9. quarter one-half illuminated by the sun
- 14. spring and fall happening
- 15. gravitational attraction of the moon
- 16. moon the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible from earth, or shortly thereafter when it appears as a slender crescent
- 18. tide a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is the least difference between high and low water