Across
- 3. a moon phase that looks like half-circle from earth
- 5. the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
- 7. a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from earth
- 9. the sun, the planets that orbit the sun and other objects that orbit the sun
- 11. a moon phase in which the moon is not visible from earth
- 13. to shine a light on an object and make it visible
- 14. a moon outside our solar system
- 15. the boarder between light and dark on the moon
- 17. the relative size of things
- 18. the shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth
- 19. the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
Down
- 1. a moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
- 2. a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from earth
- 4. a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
- 6. a planet outside our solar system
- 8. when the moon is completely dark
- 10. an object, diagram or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- 12. the nearly circular path a smaller object travels around a larger object
- 16. something we observe to be similar over and over again
