Across
- 4. The time when approximately equal length of day and night occurs; takes place on September 23
- 7. The period when there are longer hours of daylight and shorter hours of darkness
- 8. An imaginary line that passes through the poles at which Earth rotates
- 10. The path around the sun
- 11. Heavenly body in space that goes around the sun
Down
- 1. The period when there are longer hours of darkness and shorter hours of dayliht
- 2. The travel of heavenly body around the sun
- 3. The time when approximately equal length of daylight and darkness occurs; takes place on March 21; also known as spring equinox
- 5. The point where Earth is farthest from the sun
- 6. The point where Earth comes near the sun
- 7. A group of heavenly bodies consisting of planets and their satellites, and the sun
- 9. The season of the year when least warmth is received
