Science Vocab
Across
- 1. - when the moon increases from its apparent size and the larger part is lighted up and visible to us.
- 2. eclipse - an eclipse where the moon darkens while it passes by earth’s shadow.
- 6. exploration - a discovery that keeps on going, the exploration of celestiel structures in outer space and always evolving of new technology.
- 7. - a force that keeps masses down on earth such as humans and objects.
- 9. - layers of gas that surround a planet
- 11. - the planet that we live on.
- 12. - a group of solar systems with gas and dust held by gravity.
- 13. moon – the curved banana shape of the waning or waxing moon.
- 15. - in space it is the action of roatating on its axis or the center.
- 16. - the circular path of an object as it it revolves around another object.
- 17. – a body of matter in outer space that orbits a planet.
- 20. - a cool event where the shadow of a object in space falls on top of something.
- 22. moon – the moon when only half of its lighted surface is visible by us.
- 25. tide - the state of a tide when it is at its lowest point.
Down
- 1. - when the moon decreases from its apparent size and the smaller part is lighted up and visible to us.
- 3. - an instance of revolving.
- 4. - a artificial body placed around earth or moon to collect info or for communication.
- 5. tide - the state of a tide when it is at its highest point.
- 8. probe - a surgical instrument for exploring a part of the body.
- 10. - an instrument used to see things far away.
- 11. - the time each year twice, when the sun crosses the celestial equater when the day and night are an
- 14. - the star that the earth orbits around.
- 18. - the four divisions of the year spring, summer, autumn and winter marked odd weather patterns, daylight hours, and the posistion of the sun.
- 19. – a large sphere that revolves around a star
- 21. system - the eight planets and their moons which orbit around the sun.
- 23. moon – the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is lighted up.
- 24. moon – the phase of the moon when it is in conjunction with the sun and invisible to the earth.