GD Science Project - Gisele

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Across
  1. 5. The ___________ hours that Earth takes to make one full rotation is equal to 1 day.
  2. 6. The change in Earth's distance between the Sun does NOT create ________.
  3. 7. Waxes grows, _____ shrinks.
  4. 11. Shadows also gradually change _________ throughout the day.
  5. 12. Seasons are caused by direct or __________ rays.
  6. 15. Throughout the day, the Sun appears to move from ____ to west across the sky.
  7. 17. The sun always illuminates one half of the Moon's surface, but the portion visible from Earth varies as the Moon ______ around Earth on its orbit.
  8. 18. The ______ cycle between new moon, waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, waning crescent.
  9. 19. The size of stars can appear ______ the closer they are to Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Groton-Dunstable's mascot
  2. 2. An object must be very _______ to pull hard enough on objects to cause a change.
  3. 3. When it is ____, the part of Earth you are on faces toward the Sun.
  4. 4. _______ is a pull force that pulls objects to the center of Earth.
  5. 8. Your changing shadow is caused by Earth's _________.
  6. 9. Distances between Earth and stars are called _______.
  7. 10. The farther an object is away from Earth, the ________ the force of Gravity is on them.
  8. 13. Giant balls of gas that produce their own light and heat energy.
  9. 14. We get direct rays during __________.
  10. 16. Earth's ____ is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees.