Across
- 5. A division of the year that has a certain type of weather pattern and daylight hours.
- 6. The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, covering all or part of the Sun; occurs when the Sun, Earth, and Moon directly line up; lasts for less than 12 minutes.
- 9. Move in an elliptical path around another object.
- 10. The two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the Sun; daylight hours equal darkness hours all over the world; first day of Spring (vernal equinox) and first day of Fall (autumnal equinox).
Down
- 1. The full Moon passes into Earth’s shadow causing the Moon to appear reddish in color when the Sun, Earth, and Moon directly line up; lasts 1–3½ hours.
- 2. What the Moon looks like at different times of the month.
- 3. The two days of the year on which the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator; daylight hours greatest on Summer solstice; daylight hours least on Winter solstice.
- 4. To spin on an axis; the spinning of a planet on its axis that causes day and night to occur.
- 7. The Moon's cyclical pattern of change in appearance due to its changing position relative to Earth and the Sun as it circles Earth; 29.5 days.
- 8. A tilt in Earth's rotational axis relative to its orbital plane.