Vocab Words for Astronomy Unit

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Across
  1. 2. the alternate rising or falling of a planet
  2. 6. when the moon is blocking light and causes shadow to go on the sun or moon because of the way the lighting is
  3. 8. eclipse when the moons shadow comes on the earth
  4. 10. the movement that a planet does moving around another planet
  5. 11. a pull that keeps us all on the ground
  6. 14. law of Gravitation every big particle with gravity will attract a small particle with less gravity
  7. 16. the branch of science that deals with outer space specifically
Down
  1. 1. the distance period or time of something
  2. 3. time or date when the sun crosses the celestial equator
  3. 4. how heavy something is
  4. 5. eclipse when the suns shadow goes on the moon
  5. 7. two times in one year like summer and winter
  6. 9. an instance in revolving
  7. 12. a line that you cannot see but is important because the earth follow that line giving us 24 hours
  8. 13. rotating around an axis
  9. 15. the distance measured in …. between two light rays