Across
- 1. From earth we can only see the half of the moon that is ________________us
- 3. the amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around the star or stars
- 8. when the Moon is completely dark (2 words)
- 10. the border between light and dark on the Moon
- 12. the relative size of things
- 13. a moon outside our solar system
- 14. a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
- 15. ________________eclipses can only happen when Earth is in between the sun and the Moon.
- 16. It takes about one___________for the Moon to orbit Earth
Down
- 2. a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth
- 4. There is a ___________________to the position of the Moon because the Moon orbits around Earth.
- 5. The sun _________________the Moon
- 6. It takes about one month to see the full pattern of moon_____________
- 7. a moon phase in which the Moon is not visible from Earth (2 words)
- 9. Light from the sun travels in ______________lines
- 11. a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
- 15. The moon does not make its own____________
- 17. The sun illuminates the ___________of the moon that is facing it
