Seasons

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Across
  1. 3. Earth’s yearly orbit around the Sun.
  2. 5. primary reason Earth has seasons.
  3. 6. day when sunlight is equal in both hemispheres.
  4. 8. Hemisphere experiencing summer in June.
  5. 9. the tilted line Earth spins around.
  6. 11. causes day and night as Earth spins on its axis.
  7. 12. planet with seasons lasting about six Earth months.
  8. 14. shape of Earth’s orbit.
  9. 15. season when a hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun.
Down
  1. 1. season occurring when Sun is directly over the equator in September.
  2. 2. Hemisphere experiencing winter in June.
  3. 4. point where Earth is closest to the Sun.
  4. 7. day when one hemisphere is tilted most toward or away from the Sun.
  5. 10. season when a hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun.
  6. 13. season occurring when Sun is directly over the equator in March.