Unit 2 Review: Earth and the Solar System

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Across
  1. 3. A ______eclipse occurs when Earth moves between the sun and the moon
  2. 4. When the moon moves between the sun and Earth
  3. 6. The earth does this on its axis as it orbits around the sun
  4. 9. When left side of Moon is lit
  5. 10. Lunar and solar eclipses don't occur every ____ because the moon's orbit is tilted 5 degrees
  6. 11. The first phase of the moon cycle and moon is unlit
  7. 14. When one object in the solar system moves into the shadow of another object.
  8. 16. The _______ orbit is created by the force of gravity acting on inertia of Earth
  9. 18. When right side of Moon is lit
  10. 20. The _______ tilt is wh we have seasons as we orbit the sun
Down
  1. 1. The last phase of the moon cycle and moon is fully lit
  2. 2. What we call the changes in the moon during its cycle
  3. 4. Periods of time characterized by specific weather patterns and by the length of day and night.
  4. 5. sun’s outer atmosphere
  5. 7. The tendency of an object at rest to remain at rest and an object in motion to remain in motion unless acted on by an outside force.
  6. 8. The earth orbiting the sun and the moon orbiting the earth creates this.
  7. 12. Moon phase is getting smaller
  8. 13. There are this many phases of the moon
  9. 15. Moon phase is getting bigger
  10. 17. The moon appears this color because light from the sun must first pass through a long and dense layer of the Earth’s atmosphere before it reaches the moon
  11. 19. Is an imaginary line that goes from the North Pole to the South Pole.