Earth's Motion and Shadow Patterns

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Across
  1. 1. It takes Earth one ________ to rotate on its axis.
  2. 4. Shadows cast just after sunrise and just before sunset are the (longest/shortest) shadows of the day.
  3. 6. means an imaginary, horizontal line that divides the Earth into Northern and Southern hemispheres
  4. 7. The shadow is on the _____________ side of the object from the light source.
  5. 10. means the spinning of an object on an axis
  6. 12. The equator divides the earth (vertically/horizontally).
  7. 13. means to lean to one side
  8. 15. an imaginary, vertical line that an object spins or revolves around
  9. 16. a clock that works by using the shadow of a pole in the center of a circle of numbers that stands for the hours in a day
Down
  1. 2. It takes Earth one ________ to revolve around the sun.
  2. 3. means one of the halves of the Earth as divided by the Equator (the earth has a northern and a southern one)
  3. 5. the direction in which the sun sets
  4. 6. the direction in which the sun rises
  5. 8. means the circular path one object takes around another object
  6. 9. means the movement of one object around another object
  7. 11. Noontime shadows are the (longest/shortest) shadows of the day.
  8. 14. True or false: The sun moves around the earth, causing day and night.