The Earth and Sun

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Across
  1. 5. the area between the Polar Zone and Tropical Zone (winters are cold, summers are warm - we live here) (the _______ zone)
  2. 6. an imaginary line that runs through the center of the Earth from North Pole to South Pole
  3. 7. If it is summer in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Southern Hemisphere?
  4. 8. a circular path the Earth takes when moving around the Sun
  5. 9. northernmost line that gets constant direct sunlight (Tropic of ___)
  6. 10. the area between the Tropic of Cancer and Tropic of Capricorn (warm all year)
  7. 14. Areas between the poles and the circles (very little direct sunlight and cold most of the year)
Down
  1. 1. one full trip the Earth makes around the sun - it takes 365 ¼ days (1 full year)
  2. 2. southernmost line that gets constant direct sunlight (Tropic of ________)
  3. 3. Northernmost line that does not receive sun at all on one day a year. (dark for 24 hours straight)
  4. 4. the Southernmost line where the sun doesn't shine at all for one day a year.(________ Circle)
  5. 11. This causes different amounts of sunlight to hit Northern and Southern Hemispheres causing the seasons
  6. 12. If it is fall in the Southern Hemisphere, what season is it in the Northern Hemisphere?
  7. 13. spinning motion the Earth makes while spinning on its Axis