Across
- 6. When your side of the Earth has rotated away from the sun.
- 7. Imaginary revolving canopy of Earth containing all the constellations
- 8. When a hemisphere of the Earth is tilted most away from the Sun.
- 10. The name of our solar system's star.
- 11. Brightest star in the Orion constellation
- 13. One revolution of the Earth
- 14. The name of Earth's Moon: The ______.
- 16. 12 hours of light and 12 hours of darkness. When the sun is in line on its ecliptic orbit with the celestial equator.
- 17. longest or shortest day of the year when the Sun is the highest or lowest in the sky.
- 18. How long it takes Earth to return to face the stars in the same direction as they were the night before.
- 19. One rotation of the Earth
Down
- 1. The name of our galaxy.
- 2. All of the existing matter and space. The ____.
- 3. groups of stars in the sky that our ancestors connected together to make images.
- 4. The distance light travels in a year. Used to measure long distances in space.
- 5. Apparent path on the celestial sphere the Sun takes throughout the course of a year.
- 9. Bright star closest to the north celestial pole
- 12. When a hemisphere of the Earth is tilted most toward the Sun.
- 15. A single spin of an object.
- 17. How long it takes Earth to return to face the Sun in the same direction as it was the day before.