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