Across
- 2. causes day and night
- 6. causes the moon to appear to change shape
- 8. has eight phases
- 9. the moon appears to be a huge white circle in the sky
- 11. keeps us on the ground
- 13. here they get direct sunlight all year round
- 14. only happens during a full moon
- 16. keeps all of the planets of our solar system in orbit of the sun
- 17. has long days
- 19. half of the earth
- 22. last moon phase
- 24. how bright a star actually is
- 25. how long it takes for light to travel from the sun to the earth
- 26. has short days
Down
- 1. days are the same length everywhere
- 3. how bright a star appears to be
- 4. decides how long or short shadows are for short amounts of time
- 5. when shadows are shortest
- 7. decides how long or short shadows are in general
- 8. makes the tides
- 10. biggest star discovered
- 12. makes winter cold and dark
- 15. number of moon phases
- 16. point in the opposite direction of the light force creating them
- 18. measure time with shadows
- 20. medium sized star
- 21. causes the seasons
- 23. keeps the moon in orbit