Across
- 4. The launch of this satellite triggered the space race.
- 7. The first American to orbit earth 3 times.
- 8. The first satellite launch by the US.
- 14. The first American in space.
- 15. A condition of the least difference between low and high tides.
- 17. When the moon is larger than a semi-circle but not a complete circle.
- 18. To shrink.
- 21. A solar eclipse always occurs durin gthis moon phase.
- 23. The aircraft that carried the first three men to the moon.
- 25. A large round depression that has been created by the impact of a meteoroid.
- 27. The light-colored high peak on the moon is a mountain called this.
- 29. When the earth and moon are in line with the sun, they occasionally block sunlight from each other. These events are called this.
- 30. A dark flat area on the moon.
- 31. This occurs on the sides of earth that are farthest away from the moon.
Down
- 1. A condition of the greatest difference between low and high tides.
- 2. As the moon revolves around the Earth, it rotates on this.
- 3. When all of the near side of the moon is illuminated.
- 4. Mare is latin for this word.
- 5. The side of the earth that is closest to the moon experiences _______.
- 6. The moon travels this direction around Earth.
- 9. Spring and neap tides occur this many times during a month.
- 10. This type of eclipse occurs when Earth blocks the sun's light from the full moon.
- 11. The first human in space.
- 12. To grow.
- 13. The periodic rising and falling of the surface level of the ocean.
- 15. The abbreviation for the governmental agency, National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
- 16. The shape of the moon indicates what ____ its in.
- 19. This type of eclipse occurs when the moon creates a shadow on earth by blocking some of the sun.
- 20. This was created in 1961 by John F. Kennedy in a effort to place a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
- 21. When the moon is directly between Earth and the sun.
- 22. this is the difference in sea levels between high and low tides.
- 24. The number of hours tides rise and fall for.
- 26. When the moon is a similar shape to the letter C.
- 28. A lunar eclipse always occurs during this moon phase.
