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Across
  1. 1. When the Sun, Earth and moon line up in that order, we will see a _______ eclipse. This is the more common of the two
  2. 5. When the visible part of the moon is getting bigger, it is in a __________ phase
  3. 6. the smallest unit of life
  4. 7. The two letter code in your genes that tells your cells which proteins to build
  5. 9. a push or pull
  6. 14. The part of the cell containing your DNA and Genes
  7. 15. These adorable critters have bushy tails and always land on their feet
  8. 16. If it is summer time here, it is __________ time in Australia because of the Earth's tilt
  9. 18. If the Sun is very low in the sky, your shadow will be very ____________
  10. 19. Which genes we get from our parents is ___________. This is why you are different from your siblings. 50/50
  11. 21. Newton's Third law states that for every force, there is another force that is ____________ and opposite
  12. 25. The season is determined by the ___________ of the sun to the Earth's surface (altitude)
  13. 26. Animals will engage in different ___________ in order to attract mates and protect their young until adulthood
  14. 27. These genes are STRONGER and cover up other genes
  15. 28. Determined by how many babies grow up and pass their genes onto a new generation
Down
  1. 2. Diseases like sickle cell anemia are uncommon because they are caused by ______________ genes
  2. 3. Your genes are instructions for building ____________, which determine your traits (ie melanin)
  3. 4. A change in motion
  4. 8. Earth has 4 season's because its axis is ______________
  5. 10. Another word for baby/ child
  6. 11. Newton's second states that an object's acceleration depends on the size of the force acting on it as well as its own __________
  7. 12. Means mass. This "property of matter" means that any object with mass will resist changes to its motion
  8. 13. June 20 is the Summer ____________. This means 16 hours of daylight.
  9. 17. If the Earth were the size of a baseball, would the sun be the size of a basketball or this classroom?
  10. 20. A change in genes. They can be caused by random error or the environment
  11. 22. Newton's first law says that an object will only accelerate if you apply an ________________ force
  12. 23. The part of your DNA that determines your traits (how you look)
  13. 24. You can draw a ____________ square to determine all the genes a child COULD have