Across
- 2. When the Sun, Earth and moon line up, causing the sunlight to get blocked. There are two kinds: solar and lunar
- 3. If the altitude of the sun is HIGH, then the weather will be _________ because the sunlight is really focused
- 5. June 20th is the end of Spring because it is the day of the summer _________
- 6. What season is it when the sun's altitude is really low and the sunlight is really stretched out
- 7. When the visible part of the moon is getting bigger, it is _________
- 11. A change in speed and/or direction
- 14. ______________ is the science of motion
- 15. When the Earth's shadow blocks light from reaching the full moon, you see the moon turn blood red. What kind of eclipse is this?
- 17. right-handedness is more common because it's a _____________ trait
- 18. The phase of the moon when it looks like a finger nail
- 20. B = brown eyes, b = blue eyes. What is Jimbo's eye color if his genotype is bb?
- 21. Earth has seasons because our planet has a ___________ axis. This means that one half of the Earth gets more direct sunlight than the other
- 22. The first day of spring (March 20) is called the Spring ___________ (Equal Night)
- 23. These determine your traits
Down
- 1. The moon "lights up" because it ____________ sunlight
- 4. The super important molecule that your cells make. They change your eye color, build your muscles and keep you from getting sick
- 8. ___________ selection is the process where traits that help living things adapt to their environment (bigger, stronger, faster) get passed on to the next generation, while useless genes die off.
- 9. An object's speed AND direction
- 10. The phase of the moon when we can't see anything
- 12. _____________ velocity is when an object's speed and direction stay the SAME
- 13. The angle of the sun to the Earth's surface. NOT a distance.
- 16. Diseases like sick cell anemia are very rare because they are ______________ genes
- 19. The smallest unit of life