The Earth, Sun, and Moon
Across
- 4. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
- 6. This is an eclipse that occurs when the moon passes directly between the sun and earth, blocking the sun's light and casting a shadow over a certain area on earth.
- 8. the state of the tide when at its highest level.
- 9. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
Down
- 1. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
- 2. This occurs in the areas between the two high tides.
- 3. The earth does this on its axis.
- 5. The earth does this around the sun.
- 7. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.