The Sun-Earth-Moon System

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Across
  1. 4. the central, darker part of a shadow of an eclipse where the shadow is darkest
  2. 6. eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the sun and earth and casts a shadow.
  3. 7. an attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass. This is the force that keeps us on earth's surface
  4. 8. axis the line on which the earth rotates
  5. 10. a meteoroid that passes through Earth's atmosphere
  6. 14. occurs when the moon moves into earth's shadow
  7. 16. small, rocky particles taht move through space
  8. 17. the motion of one object around the sun every 365.24 days
Down
  1. 1. the spinning motion of Earth
  2. 2. huge collections of gas, dust, and stars held together by gravity
  3. 3. a spherical object that orbits the sun. These objects are the smallest planets in our solar system
  4. 5. a meteor that does not completely burn up and impacts earth's surface
  5. 6. a day when Earth's rotation axis is the most toward or away from the sun
  6. 9. the lighter part of the shadow of an eclipse
  7. 11. a day when the Earth's rotation axis is leaning aling Earth's orbit
  8. 12. the path that the earth follows as it revolves around the sun
  9. 13. Chunks of rock and ice that never clumped together like the rocks and ice that formed the inner planet
  10. 15. mixtures of rock, ice, and dust