Across
- 2. a streak of light
- 5. eclipse an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon
- 6. a loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun
- 10. a ball of hot gas
- 11. an object that orbits the planet
- 12. tide a tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon
- 17. a pattern
- 19. eclipse an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened
- 20. a way to tell what day, week, month, and year it is
- 21. tide a tide just after a new or full moon when there is the greatest difference between high and low water
- 23. the alternate rising and falling of the sea
- 24. an object that orbits a stare
Down
- 1. a space craft around a star, planet, or moon
- 3. an obscuring of the light
- 4. the area on the earth or moon experiencing the total phase of an eclipse.
- 7. a large, level basalt plain on the surface of the moon
- 8. an imaginary line
- 9. the government over thrown
- 13. when day and night are of equal length (about September 22 and March 20).
- 14. it is when the sun reaches the highest or lowest point
- 15. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
- 16. an action going around a axis or center
- 18. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth
- 22. a distinct period or stage in a process
