Across
- 3. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis
- 4. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
- 6. The changing appearances of the Moon as seen from Earth
- 8. The movement of an object around another object
- 11. Portion of the shoreline that lies between the high and low tide lines
- 12. An object that revolves around another object in space
- 14. the tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 15. the regular rise and fall of the ocean's surface influenced by the moon's gravity pulling on earth
Down
- 1. the land between high and low tide
- 2. Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
- 5. The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 7. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
- 9. The darkest part of a shadow
- 10. the blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
- 12. The tide with the greatest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 13. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles, about which Earth rotates
