Across
- 3. an object or picture that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
- 5. the light is increasing
- 7. a moon phase that looks like a half circle from Earth
- 8. a moon phase in which the moon is not visible from Earth
- 11. a moon phase that looks like a full circle from the Earth
- 12. the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object (like the Earth)
- 14. a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from the Earth
Down
- 1. the change in appearance of the moon as it makes one full trip around the Earth
- 2. a rocky sphere that orbits around a planet
- 4. something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 6. a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle from Earth
- 9. the sun, planets and other objects that orbit the sun
- 10. the star that is the main source of light in the center of our solar system
- 13. the light is decreasing
