Unit One Vocabulary
Across
- 2. the rising and falling of the sea due to the attraction of the moon and sun on the earth
- 5. special day that happens twice a year; hours of day and night are nearly equal
- 9. the collection of 8 planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
- 10. line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees south of the equator
- 13. an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other
- 16. measures the distance north or south of the equator
- 18. a system of millions or billions of stars together with gas and dust held together by gravitational attraction
- 19. line of latitude 23 1/2 degrees north of the equator
Down
- 1. phase of the moon when it is more than half full but still not a full moon
- 3. the lighter shadowed area surrounding the darkest part of a shadow
- 4. an imaginary line around which an object rotates or spins
- 6. the envelope of gases surrounding the earth or other planets
- 7. special day where the sun appears to reach either the highest or lowest point in the sky for the year
- 8. phases of the moon when the lighted portion is on the right
- 11. when an object in space turns or spins in one place around an axis
- 12. an imaginary line drawn around the earth, dividing it into northern and southern hemispheres
- 14. when an object in space goes around another object in space
- 15. phases of the moon when the lighted portion is on the left
- 17. the darkest part of the shadow
- 20. phases of the moon when it looks like the letter "c" or a backwards "c"