Across
- 2. an angle of the moon to the earth so it appears differently every day
- 3. the time needed for Earth to complete one rotation (24 hours)
- 5. something that happens in a regular and repeated way
- 10. to make a complete spin on its axis, causing one day
- 13. the moon phase where half of the lighted surface is visible; it is a waning moon
- 15. the moon phase when half of the lighted surface is visible; it is a waxing moon
- 16. the time when the sun is on the other side of the Earth from you and you can’t see it’s light
- 17. the moon phase when the moon appears to be completely illuminated
Down
- 1. the way something looks
- 4. the moon phase when it’s dark side is toward the Earth
- 6. a natural object that revolves around a planet
- 7. one of the twelve parts in which the year is divided into
- 8. when the moon is decreasing in size
- 9. when the moon is increasing in size
- 11. an imaginary line through the center of a planet, such as Earth, that the planet spins around
- 12. to become different
- 14. to move around, or orbit, another object
- 18. the path an object in space takes as it revolves around another object (example: Earth orbits around the sun