The Moon and it's Phases

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Across
  1. 2. The fifth phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off ALL of the moon’s surface that faces us. In this phase the moon appears round and completely lit up.
  2. 4. The second phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off only about one quarter of the moon’s surface that faces us.
  3. 5. The first phase of the moon. In this phase, the moon is completely dark since we can’t see the side that the sun is shining on.
  4. 7. A series of space flights by the United States from 1961-1972 with a goal of landing a person on the moon. They succeeding in 1969 with Apollo 11.
  5. 8. The third phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off half of the moon’s surface that faces us.
  6. 10. The alternate rising and falling of the ocean due to the gravitational pull of the moon.
Down
  1. 1. The fourth phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off three quarters of the moon’s surface that faces us. It’s not a full moon yet, but it’s getting there.
  2. 3. A set of things that are connected. The earth, moon and sun are connected because their orbits depend on each other. The earth orbits around the sun and the moon orbits around the earth.
  3. 6. a natural object that orbits around the Earth.
  4. 9. A large rocky object found flying through space. They can be just a few feet in diameter to hundreds of miles in diameter!