Across
- 1. there are 8 of them including Pluto as it speeds by
- 2. tide The tide with the biggest difference between consecutive low and high tides
- 5. A large bit caused by the impact of a meteorite
- 8. The two days of the year when the sun reaches it's highest point
- 11. of universal gravitation The law that says every object in the universe attracts every other object
- 13. tells you what month, day, or year it is
- 15. An object that orbits the planet
- 17. eclipse When the sunlight to the moon is locked by the earth directly between them.
- 18. The partial or total blocking of of one object in space by another
- 19. The force that keeps us on the ground
- 20. A chunk of rock or dust in space that is usually smaller than an asteroid
- 22. An object circling another object.
- 23. A streak of light int he sky produced by an object burning from entering earth atmosphere
- 24. A line that passes through the planets poles on which the planet rotates on.
Down
- 1. The different shapes of the moon seen from the earth
- 3. The spinning of a planet on it's axis
- 4. The path of an object as it circles another object in space
- 6. the rise and fall of water in the ocean
- 7. eclipse The blocking of the sunlight that happens when the moon is right between earth and the sun
- 9. They come out at night with the moon and shine
- 10. Groups of stars that look like or represent something like the big dipper
- 12. the darkest part of a shadow
- 14. tide The tide with the smallest difference between the consecutive low and high tides
- 16. The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part
- 21. The two days of the year when neither hemisphere is tilted toward or away from the sun.
- 23. Dark and flat surfaces on the moon made from ancient lava flows
