Lunar Cycle

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