science vocab 3

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Across
  1. 2. eclipse /an eclipse in which the sun is blocked out by the moon.
  2. 4. eclipse / an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
  3. 7. / to light up
  4. 9. /large icy objects with a tail that orbit the Sun
  5. 11. /chunks of rocky material that orbit the Sun.
  6. 12. /a measure of the gravitational pull on an object
  7. 13. cycle / the four-week period during which the Moon orbits Earth one time and goes through all of its phases.
  8. 14. moon /any phase of the moon that has more than half of its face illuminated.
Down
  1. 1. /large dark gray areas that are smooth on the surface of the Moon
  2. 3. /when the face of the Moon looks smaller each day.
  3. 5. /when a meteoroid hits an object like the
  4. 6. / round structures with various sizes and details found on the surface of the Moon
  5. 8. /a small object in space
  6. 10. /when the face of the Moon looks larger each day