Earth's Motion and Seasons

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Across
  1. 4. This pole experiences 24 hours of daylight in June.
  2. 5. Regions near the Equator experience this type of sunlight.
  3. 6. The imaginary line the divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
  4. 8. This day has the longest daylight hours.
  5. 9. Earth's axis always points towards this.
  6. 10. During this, the Earth's axis is tilted as far away from or towards the Sun.
  7. 12. The imaginary line going from the North Pole to the South Pole; the Earth rotates on this.
  8. 13. Earth's_______ was caused when a planetary body collided into it a very long time ago; it is also the reason for the seasons.
  9. 14. This hemisphere experiences daylight first.
  10. 16. The Earth completes 1 of these each day; this is also responsible for Earth's day and night cycle.
Down
  1. 1. This day has the shortest daylight hours.
  2. 2. This is the shape of the Earth.
  3. 3. Astronomer Copernicus came up with this theory that states that the Sun is the center of our solar system.
  4. 7. The Earth completes one of these every 365.25 days.
  5. 8. Regular repeats in temperature occurring each year; there are 4 of them.
  6. 11. This pole experiences 24 hours of daylight in December.
  7. 15. During this, there are equal daylight and nighttime hours; Earth's axis does not tilt towards or away from the Sun.