Across
- 2. The season on Earth when the sun is high in the sky at a 90 degree angle.
- 5. All of space and everything in it.
- 7. The name for the 24 hour rotation of Earth on its axis.
- 11. The path Earth takes around the sun in its revolution.
- 12. The name for our glaxay.
- 13. Two times in the year when Earth is not tilted towards or away from the sun.
- 15. Two examples of this arrangement of the stars are Big Dipper and Little Dipper.
- 16. A chunk of rock or dust in space.
- 18. The month of our winter solstice.
Down
- 1. The month of our summer solstice.
- 3. This line divides Earth into Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
- 4. Two reasons we have seasons is our tilt and __________ around the sun.
- 6. A synonym for spins or turns on an axis.
- 8. The study of the moon, stars, planets and everything in space.
- 9. The season on Earth when the sun is at a 45 degree angle.
- 10. Another word for the north star.
- 14. Our solar system has ______ star(s).
- 17. The name for the 365 1/4 days it takes Earth to orbit the sun.