Sun-Earth-Moon System
Across
- 3. The elongated closed curve of Earth's orbit
- 5. The Earth spins along this imaginary vertical line
- 7. This solstice occurs June 21 or 22
- 10. This equinox occurs on March 20 or 22
- 11. This causes the Earth to have day and night
- 12. This solstice occurs December 21 or 22
- 14. You get more of this when your is tilted toward the sun
Down
- 1. The Earth's tilt causes the Sun's radiation
- 2. Earth's yearly orbit around the Sun
- 4. This equinox occurs on September 22 or 23
- 6. The Earth is this shape
- 8. The day when the Sun is directly over Earth's equator
- 9. When the Sun is at its greatest distance north or south of the equator
- 10. This is not the center of the ellipse
- 13. This causes the Earth's seasons.