Across
- 1. a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
- 6. border between light and dark on moon
- 8. an imaginary line about which earth rotates
- 9. this moon phase shows a fully illuminated half of the moon
- 10. the moon phases are going towards a new moon (getting smaller)
- 11. the nearly circular path a smaller object travels around a larger object
- 12. the amount of time it takes for the Earth to revolve around the sun one time
Down
- 1. about the amount of time it takes for the moon to complete a full orbit around the Earth
- 2. the star that is the main source of life at the center of our solar system
- 3. the moon phases are going towards a full moon( getting bigger)
- 4. If the northern hemisphere is experiencing winter the southern hemisphere is experiencing....
- 5. what force keeps the earth in its orbit rather than flying out into space?
- 7. this imaginary line divides the northern and southern hemisphere
