Moon Phases & Tides Review

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Across
  1. 4. a partial shadow between regions of full shadow and full illumination
  2. 6. Spring tides occur during this phase. The moon is fully lit up from our point of view on Earth
  3. 7. the darkest part of the shadow of the moon
  4. 8. Neap tides occur during this phase. The moon appears to be halfway lit up with the right side lit up.
  5. 9. When the moon is getting smaller in appearance; means "shrinking"
  6. 11. an imaginary line around which an object rotates
  7. 12. occurs when the Earth passes between the Moon and Sun
  8. 14. when the sun and moon are in line with each other, the gravitational pull is in the same direction
  9. 17. curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object
  10. 18. When the moon is getting larger in appearance each night; means "growing"
  11. 19. the movement of Earth around the Sun
Down
  1. 1. time takes for moon to complete all 8 phases
  2. 2. occurs when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking all or a portion of the Sun
  3. 3. generally every beach experiences this many high tides and low tides everyday
  4. 5. when the sun and the moon are at right angles to each other, the gravitational pulls are not in the same direction
  5. 10. the spinning of earth around its axis. Rotates once every 24 hours
  6. 13. Spring tides occur during this phase. The moon is not lit up from our point of view on Earth
  7. 15. Neap tides occur during this phase. The moon appears to be halfway lit up with the left side lit up.
  8. 16. the force of attraction that all objects with mass have for each other