Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. a natural satellite that orbits a planet
  2. 4. making a complete turn around an object
  3. 5. information that has been collected
  4. 6. sun covering all or part of the sun
  5. 7. cycle the moons repeated pattern of movement and changes of appearance due to its revolution around Earth
  6. 9. heat and light
  7. 12. points farthest and closest distance to the sun, beginning of winter and summer
  8. 16. eclipse when the full moon passes into earth's shadow, causing the moon to appear reddish
  9. 17. an imaginary line the earth rotates around
  10. 18. the passage of another celestial body
  11. 19. the slant of the Earth's axis
Down
  1. 1. an obscuring of the light from a celestial body
  2. 2. a group of stars that form a pattern
  3. 3. a limited representation of something that can help us understand how it works
  4. 8. the star at the center of the solar system that
  5. 10. the four natural divisions of the year
  6. 11. making a complete spin on an axis
  7. 13. planet in our solar system where life exists
  8. 14. eclipse when the moon passes between earth and
  9. 15. the third planet from the sun and