Moon Vocabulary

123456789101112131415
Across
  1. 3. Why do we have seasons? (2 reasons)
  2. 5. time after the full moon when then moon is getting smaller
  3. 6. when the sun can’t be seen due to the moon passing between the sun and Earth
  4. 10. When a full moon passes in the Earth’s shadow and the moon can’t be seen
  5. 11. Earth centered universe
  6. 14. Why do we have days & nights?
  7. 15. Why do we have years?
Down
  1. 1. sun centered universe
  2. 2. imaginary line going from North Pole to South Pole on which the Earth rotates
  3. 4. moon that appears more than half lighted but less than full
  4. 7. to move in a circular orbit around something
  5. 8. moon when less than half of the illuminated hemisphere is visible
  6. 9. the time it takes Earth to rotate on its axis once every 24 hours.
  7. 12. to move in a circle around an axis
  8. 13. time after the new moon when the moon is getting bigger