Earth-Sun-Moon Systems Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Different times of the year with distinct weather patterns, caused by Earth’s tilt as it revolves around the sun.
  2. 4. The movement of a planet, such as Earth, around another object, such as the sun.
  3. 6. An invisible line that goes through the center of a thing, like the Earth, which spins around this line.
  4. 8. What occurs when Earth comes between the sun and the moon, casting a shadow on the moon.
  5. 10. When an object spins around an invisible line, such as Earth spinning around its axis.
  6. 12. Eclipse When the moon comes between the sun and the Earth, casting a small shadow on the Earth.
Down
  1. 1. The phase in which the whole face of the moon is lit up and looks like a complete circle in the night sky.
  2. 2. The force of attraction between masses
  3. 5. An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, dividing it into the Northern Hemisphere and the Southern Hemisphere.
  4. 7. Half of the Earth, either the northern or the southern part.
  5. 9. The phase in which the moon is invisible, because its dark side is facing Earth.
  6. 11. The water level in the ocean at any given time. High tides are at their highest, and low tides at their lowest, when there is a full moon.