Across
- 2. Orbits the Earth
- 3. The sun is our closest ____
- 5. Its brightness is why we only see stars at night
- 7. Use constellations to know what season it is for planting crops
- 10. The distance light travels in one year
- 12. This star is at the end of Ursa Minor and points north
- 13. This constellation cannot be seen in summer.(hint: Greek hunter)
- 14. Shadows are ________ when the sun is at its lowest point in the sky
- 15. Nights are always longer during _______
Down
- 1. A group of stars that form a pattern
- 4. They can use the stars to navigate their way around the Earth
- 5. Days are always longer during _______
- 6. Orbits the sun
- 8. Shadows are ________ when the sun is at its highest point in the sky
- 9. Pulls us toward the center of the Earth
- 11. An imaginary line that the Earth rotates on
- 13. A repeating path one object is space takes around another one