Seasons, Sun, and Shadows

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Across
  1. 4. In autumn, the ___ leaves change color and fall off the trees.
  2. 7. When the sun is straight up over our heads at noon, our shadows look like a ___ at our feet.
  3. 8. Which season is the coldest?
  4. 9. The Earth's ___ causes day and night.
  5. 11. What is determined by how the Earth is tilted on its axis and how it moves around the sun?
  6. 12. Our shadow is the longest in the ___ and evening.
Down
  1. 1. It takes 1 ___ for the Earth to move all the way around the sun.
  2. 2. Which season is the warmest?
  3. 3. A shadow is caused when an object blocks ___.
  4. 5. When the sun is in the west, our shadows are in the ___.
  5. 6. Which season do flowers start to bloom?
  6. 8. When the sun is in the east, our shadows are in the ___.
  7. 10. What time of day is our shadow the shortest?