Phases, Eclipses, Tides, Moon Facts

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Across
  1. 3. Moon rock that was formed from hardened lava flows.
  2. 4. The moon phase when we cannot see The Moon because the Sun's light is reflecting back to The Sun.
  3. 7. The different shapes of The Moon that you see from Earth
  4. 11. The eclipse that occurs when The Earth blocks the sun's light from reaching the full moon; "Blood Moon" effect.
  5. 12. The stage of the moon cycle when the size of the moon's illuminated surface is getting smaller and smaller each night.
  6. 14. The quarter phase is when half of The Moon is illuminated.
  7. 16. In an eclipse, this is the part of the shadow where viewers see only a partial eclipse
  8. 18. The ___ of The Moon is 1/4 the size of Earth.
  9. 20. The substance on the surface of The Moon is NOT the ___ that we have on Earth.
Down
  1. 1. Compared to Earth, the temperatures on The Moon are ___.
  2. 2. The Moon has no ___. Without a space suit, astronauts cannot breathe or hear sounds.
  3. 5. The Moon may have ice but it has no liquid ___.
  4. 6. The stage of the moon cycle when the size of the moon's illuminated surface is getting bigger and bigger each night.
  5. 8. The type eclipse when The Moon blocks your view of The Sun
  6. 9. The Moon reflects the light shining from the ___
  7. 10. The side of The Moon that never faces Earth is called the ___ side.
  8. 13. The first person to build a telescope and observe the craters on The Moon.
  9. 15. In an eclipse, this is the darkest part of the shadow. It is large in a lunar eclipse but small in a solar eclipse.
  10. 17. The craters on The Moon were created by the impact of ___.
  11. 19. Low tide and high tide is determined by the gravitational pull of the ___.