Earth/Space Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. The 4 main positions in a body's path
  2. 4. the force that bodies with enough mass have that attracts other bodies
  3. 6. One body orbiting another body with more mass
  4. 9. How long it takes for a body to complete one rotation
  5. 11. when the moon travels behind Earth's shadow
  6. 13. The movement of Earth's oceans caused by the Moon's gravitational pull
  7. 14. the galaxy our solar system is in
  8. 15. When the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun, creating a shadow on Earth
Down
  1. 1. the imaginary line running through a planet that it rotates on
  2. 2. The day with the longest and shortest periods of daylight per year
  3. 5. The act of orbiting something
  4. 7. one body traveling around another body
  5. 8. Full Moon, when all the moon is showing, Waxing Gibbous, when 3/4 is showing, First Quarter, when half is showing, Waxing Crescent, when 1/4 is showing, New Moon, when none is showing, Waning Crescent, when 1/4 is showing, Third Quarter, when half is showing, and Waning Gibbous, when 3/4 is showing
  6. 10. One body continually turning around
  7. 12. when day and night are both exactly 12 hours