Unit 1 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. Earth is not tilted toward or away from the Sun. This season comes after summer.
- 7. the rise and fall of Earth's water
- 9. Earths path as it revolves around the sun
- 13. The time at which the tide reaches its highest level at any moon phase
- 15. looks like darkness. has no light reflected
- 17. moving around another object in space
- 18. the moon's shape when more than half is illuminated
- 19. The Northern Hemisphere of the Earth is tilted in toward the sun.
- 22. this phase of the moon occurs about 7 days after a new moon
- 24. in spring and fall and the Earth has equal day and night
- 26. Type of tide when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are lined up and high tides are higher and low tides are lower than usual
- 27. When the Moon appears to get smaller
Down
- 2. imaginary line that passes through the Earth's center from the North to the South
- 3. In summer and winter and the Earth has the longest day/shortest night or the shortest day/longest night
- 4. The Northern Hemisphere of Earth is tilted away from the sun.
- 5. spinning on an axis
- 6. When the Moon appears to get bigger
- 8. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
- 10. short period of climate change in an area caused by the tilt of Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the sun. (winter, summer, autumn, spring)
- 11. The shape of Earth's orbit
- 12. the phase of the moon when the moon is between Earth and sun
- 14. the phase of the moon when Earth is between the moon and sun
- 16. the state of the tide when at its lowest level at any moon phase
- 20. the moon's shape when less than half of it is illuminated
- 21. Type of eclipse blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
- 23. Earth is not tilted toward or away from the Sun. This season comes after winter.
- 25. Type of tide when the Sun, Earth and Moon make a right angle and the high tides are lower than usual and the low tides are a little higher than usual.
- 26. Type of eclipse which occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth