Sun-Earth-Moon System
Across
- 4. the sun is directly overhead at the equator and the days and nights are both 12 hours
- 5. light mountainous regions on the Moon
- 6. when the Earth moves between the Sun and Moon and the Moon falls in Earth's shadow
- 7. Earth's spinning movement on it's axis
- 12. form when space objects impact the surface of the moon
- 13. the darker shadow cast on the Earth or Moon while experiencing a total eclipse
- 14. higher than normal ocean waters when the sun and moon are aligned in the same direction
- 15. the shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
- 18. the point in an orbit where an object like a planet is closest to the sun
- 19. the point in an orbit where an object like a planet is farther from the sun
Down
- 1. Earth's movement on it's orbit around the sun
- 2. the point where the moon has the same time of revolution and rotation
- 3. the sun is overhead at it's farthest distance north or south of the equator
- 8. lower than noremal waters when the moon is at a right angle to the Earth
- 9. dark smooth plains on the Moon
- 10. when the Moon moves between the Earth and the Sun and blocks out the sun
- 11. decrease in the sunlit side of the Moon
- 16. increase in the sunlit side of the Moon
- 17. valleylike structures that might be collapsed lava tubes on the moon