Across
- 5. A large rocky object found flying through space. They can be just a few feet in diameter to hundreds of miles in diameter!
- 6. Streaks left by an asteroid hitting the moon as material is ejected due to the force of the impact.
- 7. The alternate rising and falling of the ocean due to the gravitational pull of the moon.
- 8. The first phase of the moon. In this phase, the moon is completely dark since we can’t see the side that the sun is shining on.
- 10. The second phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off only about one quarter of the moon’s surface that faces us.
Down
- 1. A series of space flights by the United States from 1961-1972 with a goal of landing a person on the moon. They succeeding in 1969 with Apollo 11.
- 2. The fifth phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off ALL of the moon’s surface that faces us. In this phase the moon appears round and completely lit up.
- 3. The third phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off half of the moon’s surface that faces us.
- 4. The fourth phase of the moon. In this phase, we can see sunlight reflecting off three quarters of the moon’s surface that faces us. It’s not a full moon yet, but it’s getting there.
- 6. Huge, dark areas on the moon’s surface formed by ancient volcanic eruptions.
- 9. A natural object that orbits around the Earth. Earth has only one but other planets like Jupiter have at least 69!