Our Solar System

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Across
  1. 4. There are _____ moon phases.
  2. 5. What is the Groton middle school mascot?
  3. 8. There are ______ planets in our solar system.
  4. 11. ______ is not considered a planet.
  5. 13. Some countries near the equator have mild ___ and are mostly just hot all year round.
  6. 15. Day and night are caused by the earth's _____.
  7. 16. You can tell time by looking at your ______.
  8. 17. What is the name of our galaxy?
  9. 18. A__ is 23 hours and 56 minutes.
Down
  1. 1. What season is your shadow longest?
  2. 2. The moon phases cycle from full moon to full moon is around a _____
  3. 3. The sun is a ____ but looks bigger because it is closer to earth.
  4. 6. The _______ depend on the angle of the side of the earth facing the sun.
  5. 7. The sun's inner core is 27 _______ degrees Fahrenheit.
  6. 9. _______is different on different planets.
  7. 10. When the southern hemisphere is having winter the northern hemisphere is having ______.
  8. 12. What keeps the earth from flying into space?
  9. 13. What planet, star or moon is around 8 light minutes from the earth?
  10. 14. Which planet has 57 moons?