Earth Sun Relationship

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Across
  1. 3. A period of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions
  2. 5. The movement responsible for day and night
  3. 10. Northern Hemisphere season that begins in March
  4. 11. Earth's farthest point from the Sun
  5. 13. When every part of the Earth receives 12 hours of daylight
  6. 14. Month when Earth is closest to the Sun
  7. 15. Earth's closest point to the Sun
  8. 16. Southern hemisphere season that begins in December
  9. 17. North of this line in the Northern hemisphere receives no sunlight in the winter
  10. 18. The wobbling of the Earth's axis
Down
  1. 1. The movement responsible for the year
  2. 2. Sunlight that hits Earth with a low angle of incidence (less than 90 degrees to the surface)
  3. 4. Invisible line around Earth at 0 degrees latitude
  4. 6. Location at 90 degrees latitude in the Northern hemisphere
  5. 7. Sunlight that hits Earth with a high angle of incidence (90 degrees to the surface)
  6. 8. Shortest day in the Northern hemisphere (2 words)
  7. 9. Month when Earth is farthest from the Sun
  8. 11. Earth's ___ of rotation is tilted 23.5 degrees
  9. 12. The elliptical path the Earth takes around the Sun