Solar & Lunar Eclipse Middle School

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Across
  1. 4. the movement of an object around another
  2. 6. occurs when a hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
  3. 8. the moon's orbital ______ prevents lunar eclipses from happening every month
  4. 11. lighter shadow caused by partial blockage of light
  5. 12. solar ___________ caused by moon blocking the light from reaching earth
  6. 14. satellite of the Earth
  7. 17. occurs when a hemisphere is titled toward the sun
  8. 18. lunar eclipse causes a __________ hue of the moon
  9. 20. _________ eclipse causes a reddish hue of the moon
  10. 21. force of attraction between two objects
Down
  1. 1. _________ eclipse occurs about every 18 months in different areas
  2. 2. the ___________ revolves around the earth
  3. 3. during a lunar eclipse, the earth blocks the ______ from the moon
  4. 5. lunar ____________ occurs during full moon
  5. 7. spinning of an object on its axis
  6. 9. _________ eclipse is when the earth blocks sunlight to the moon
  7. 10. __________ of the earth experiences a lunar eclipse at a time
  8. 13. are caused by tilting of earth
  9. 14. one factor that determines gravitational pull
  10. 15. total blockage of sunlight
  11. 16. path object takes when it REVOLVES around another object
  12. 19. the ____________ revolves around the sun