Across
- 4. the moon phase when it’s dark side is toward the Earth
- 7. the moon phase where half of the lighted surface is visible
- 10. the time needed for Earth to complete one rotation (24 hours)
- 12. the moon phase when half of the lighted surface is visible
- 15. the path an object in space takes as it revolves around another object (example: Earth orbits around the sun
- 17. the time when the sun is on the other side of the Earth from you and you can’t see it’s light
- 18. of the twelve parts in which the year is divided into
- 19. a type of fossil that shows activity of an organism, but not the actual remains of the plant or animal itself
- 21. the way something looks
- 22. an angle of the moon to the earth so it appears differently every day
Down
- 1. the moon phase when the moon appears to be completely illuminated
- 2. to move around, or orbit, another object
- 3. the remains or traces of plants and animals that lived long ago
- 5. a type of fossil that shows the impression of an organism
- 6. a mold fossil that has filled in and turned to rock
- 8. an imaginary line through the center of a planet, such as Earth, that the planet spins around
- 9. something that happens in a regular and repeated way
- 11. when the moon is increasing in size
- 13. to make a complete spin on its axis, causing one day
- 14. a natural object that revolves around a planet
- 16. to become different
- 20. when the moon is decreasing in size