Chapter 3: The Earth and Moon Systems

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Across
  1. 5. An instrument that collects light, making faint objects easier to see and enlarging distant objects.
  2. 7. A passing of the moon between the earth and sun.
  3. 9. The path that a satellite follows as it revolves.
  4. 11. A passing of the moon through the earth’s shadow.
  5. 12. The phase of the moon where earth is between the sun and the moon.
Down
  1. 1. The changes in the moon's appearance as it orbits the earth
  2. 2. The force of attraction between any 2 objects.
  3. 3. A circular low area surrounded by a rim. Most craters are caused by an object hitting the ground.
  4. 4. The phase of the moon when the moon is between the sun and the earth.
  5. 6. Piece of rock that hits the surface of a planet or moon after traveling through space.
  6. 8. The regular rising and falling of the earth’s major bodies of water.
  7. 10. The movement of one object in its orbit around another object in space.