Steering by the Stars and Solstice vs Equinox
Across
- 3. We do not live in this hemisphere
- 8. This Star is a stable marker
- 12. This star is at the tip of the Little Dipper
- 14. Today's sailors use computers and
- 16. This is the direction of our sunset
- 18. As you travel this direction Polaris is lower in the night sky
- 19. The Sun's angle is lowest during this season
- 20. "North Star" remains in one
- 21. the handy tool was used by sailors
- 22. We are tilted in this direction in December
Down
- 1. March and September 21st
- 2. Earth does this around the Sun
- 4. this was the name of the "North Star" around 3000 B.C
- 5. The wrong reason for the seasons
- 6. Earliest sailors used this to "mark their location"
- 7. We are tilted in this direction in June
- 9. June and December 21st
- 10. Earth's axis is not straight up and down , it is on its axis
- 11. "Ancient mariners steered by the"
- 13. Earth does this on its axis
- 14. The Sun's angle is highest during this season
- 15. The height of Polaris is equal to your
- 17. The correct reason for the seasons