Science Unit Test Review - Space Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 8. The Sun appears larger and brighter than other stars like Betelgeuse because it is__________to the Earth.
  2. 11. The first phase after the New Moon, where its light appears to be growing.
  3. 12. The measure of how bright a star appears from Earth.
  4. 15. The NAME of the time period in which the Moon makes one full revolution around the Earth.
  5. 16. The time it take for the Earth to orbit the Sun.
  6. 18. To turn around on an axis.
  7. 20. A group of stars in the sky that form a pattern in the shape of an animal, object, or person.
Down
  1. 1. How long it takes the Moon to orbit the Earth.
  2. 2. Physical or visual representations that help us understand complex phenomena in science.
  3. 3. A natural object that orbits the Earth.
  4. 4. A dark image cast on a surface by an object blocking light.
  5. 5. The term that describes what the Moon is doing when it appears smaller each night.
  6. 6. Scientists use observations to make these.
  7. 7. The curved path in which a planet or satellite moves around another body.
  8. 9. The point where the sky appears to meet with the surface of the Earth called.
  9. 10. The phase of the Moon when the dark side of the Moon is facing the Earth.
  10. 13. The cause of day and night on Earth.
  11. 14. A round, solid figure in which every point on the surface is an equal distance from the center.
  12. 17. The unit of distance equal to the distance light can travel in one year through empty space.
  13. 19. The type of shadow cast when the sun appears low in the sky.