Science seasons crossword
Across
- 1. a star in the northern circumpolar constellation of Ursa Minor
- 5. the time or date at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination
- 7. the star around which the earth orbits
- 8. the time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator
- 9. an imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles
- 11. each of the twelve named periods into which a year is divided
- 13. the angular distance of a place east or west
- 17. the movement of an object in a circular or elliptical course around another or about an axis or center
- 18. reaches the Earth's surface when there is no cloud cover between the sun and the Earth
- 19. the time taken by the earth to make one revolution around the sun
- 20. the degree or intensity of heat
- 21. another term for polaris
- 22. the time from sunset to sunrise
Down
- 2. the angular distance of a place north or south of the earth's equator
- 3. sunlight that either passes through a medium—a window shade or the leaves of a tree—or reflects off another surface before reaching a plant
- 4. a view or opinion that is incorrect because based on faulty thinking or understanding
- 6. in the opposite direction to the way in which the hands of a clock move around
- 10. an imaginary line about which a body rotates
- 12. a phenomenon where the nighttime lasts for more than 24
- 14. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
- 15. the time between sunrise and sunset
- 16. the planet on which we live