Across
- 2. the moon takes 27.3 days, or about a _____ to orbit Earth once
- 5. the shadow of Earth falls on the moon
- 8. people who travel to space
- 10. appears to grow each day
- 11. the fourth week
- 12. when half of the near side of th moon is in the sunlight, the moon has completed one-quarter of its cycle
- 14. the second week
- 15. this would take 20 days to cover the distance from Earth to the moon
- 16. cycle monthly
- 18. appears to shrink each day
Down
- 1. the third week
- 3. one object in space casts a shadow onto another object
- 4. a body that orbits a larger body
- 6. the moon passes between the sun and Earth
- 7. the moon is only visible from Earth when it reflects the ______
- 9. orbits earth
- 13. darkest part of the shadow
- 17. spreading cone of lighter shadow