Earth In the Universe Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. Large space telescope able to see farther than any other telescope
  2. 7. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, & Neptune. Called Gas Giants.
  3. 12. Mostly dark on the right side, slightly lit on the left.
  4. 13. moon phase when the entire side facing Earth is illuminated.
  5. 15. An imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles
  6. 16. light on the left; more than half of the moon is visible from Earth
  7. 17. a spacecraft that can carry a crew into space
  8. 19. Small, rocky planets that orbit closest to the sun including Mercury, Venus, Earth, & Mars
  9. 21. A device built to observe distant objects by making them appear closer
  10. 22. The movement of an object around another object
  11. 23. The moon is a quarter of the way around the Earth. You can see the right half of the moon.
  12. 25. daily rise and fall of Earth's waters on its coastlines
  13. 26. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
  14. 28. A moon that is completely dark because it's unlit side is facing Earth
  15. 30. The left half of the moon is illuminated.
  16. 31. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
Down
  1. 1. the half of the Earth south of the equator
  2. 2. is a lit up crescent on the right
  3. 3. the hemisphere north of the equator
  4. 4. a device that expels gas in one direction to move in the opposite direction
  5. 6. (of the moon) the period during which the visible surface of the moon decreases
  6. 8. a spacecraft that gathers data without a crew
  7. 9. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow.
  8. 10. (of the moon) the period during which the visible surface of the moon increases
  9. 11. Time when the Sun is farthest from the equator.
  10. 14. a large artificial satellite on which people can live and work for long periods
  11. 18. Two times a year when the sun is directly above the equator and days and nights are of equal length
  12. 20. A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
  13. 24. The spinning of Earth on its axis
  14. 27. Occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth
  15. 29. Slightly dark on the left side, mostly lit on the right.