Earth Sun And Moon System

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Across
  1. 4. Another name for the North Star
  2. 6. The orbiting of a body
  3. 8. The time it takes for Earth to make one revolution around the Sun
  4. 10. The waxing ____ occurs as the first quarter moon changes to a full moon
  5. 12. Center of Earth's rotation
  6. 13. The season when North Pole is tipped towards the sun
  7. 16. A satellite's curved path as it revolves around an object
Down
  1. 1. Earth's shape is an oblate _____
  2. 2. A _____ moon is when the moon appears a copper-red color
  3. 3. Number of moons that can fit inside Earth
  4. 5. The points in the Moon's orbit where eclipses occur
  5. 7. We see different phases of the moon in what is called the ____ cycle
  6. 9. Motion of a spinning object
  7. 11. The ____ of Earth's axis and Earth's revolution around the sun causes the seasons
  8. 14. When one celestial body passes through the shadow of another celestial object
  9. 15. The new moon occurs when the moon is _____ between the Earth and Sun