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Across
- 5. curved path Earth follows around the sun
- 6. thick low‑density crust forming continents
- 7. equal daylight and darkness in both hemispheres
- 8. dense metal making up much of Earth’s core
- 10. shortest daylight period in the northern hemisphere
- 11. region influenced by Earth’s magnetic forces
- 14. time from one noon to the next noon
- 16. Earth traveling once around the sun
Down
- 1. longest daylight period in the northern hemisphere
- 2. process separating Earth materials by density
- 3. Earth’s closest distance to the sun
- 4. marks start of autumn with equal daylight
- 9. thin dense crust beneath oceans
- 12. Earth’s farthest distance from the sun
- 13. Earth spinning once on its axis
- 15. imaginary line Earth rotates around