Astronomy

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Across
  1. 1. _______ belt, beyond the outer planets
  2. 6. waxing _______ moon, occurs just before a full moon
  3. 7. how much space something takes up
  4. 9. the force that pulls any two things with mass together
  5. 11. an object in motion will stay in motion unless acted upon by another force
  6. 13. the strength of gravity depends on how far apart the objects are, and their ________
  7. 18. _______ eclipse, where the moon passes through Earth's shadow
  8. 19. summer ______, longest day of the year
  9. 21. _______ tide, when there is not much of a difference between high tide and low tide
  10. 22. day of equal daylight and darkness
  11. 23. ______ quarter moon, when the left half of the moon is lit from our perspective
  12. 24. ________ the two week stretch when the moon appears to be getting smaller/thinner
Down
  1. 2. to spin on an axis
  2. 3. _________ First Law of Motion, inertia
  3. 4. ______ moon, the moon phase whenever there is a lunar eclipse
  4. 5. the number of planets in our solar system
  5. 8. the smallest planet in our solar system, also the planet closest to the sun
  6. 10. the inner planet smaller than Earth but has more moons
  7. 12. _______ moon, the moon phase whenever there is a solar eclipse
  8. 14. _________ belt, between the inner and outer planets
  9. 15. _______ eclipse, when the moon blocks our view of the sun
  10. 16. the planet in our solar system closest in size to Earth
  11. 17. _______ moon, the name of the second full moon of a month
  12. 19. ________ tide, when high tides are extra high and low tides are extra low
  13. 20. ______ crescent moon, occurs just after a new moon