Moon Phases and Seasons Crossword

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Across
  1. 2. month of the summer solstice
  2. 3. the day on which day and night are nearly equal length.
  3. 5. the shape of the orbit the earth takes around the sun
  4. 7. When an object its farthest from the body it orbits
  5. 9. the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the vernal and autumnal equinoxes
  6. 10. earth is the ___ planet from the sun
  7. 12. The tropic at which the sun is directly overhead on the Northern Hemisphere winter solstice
  8. 14. a shrinking moon
  9. 17. month of the autumnal equinox
  10. 18. the spinning of an object on an axis
Down
  1. 1. When an object is closest to the body it orbits
  2. 4. month of the winter solstice
  3. 6. month of the vernal equinox
  4. 8. a growing moon
  5. 11. when one object goes around something else
  6. 13. the latitude line on which the sun is directly overhead on the summer solstice
  7. 15. the result of earth's tilt on the climate of earth
  8. 16. the longest or shortest day of the year