Across
- 2. part of the earth that is ____________________ the sun is experiencing summer
- 3. – a small piece of space rock traveling in space often a piece of an asteroid
- 4. – a hole on the surface of a moon or planet made by another heavenly body hitting it
- 10. – when only half of the moon is visible
- 11. – movement of the oceans caused by the moon’s gravity
- 13. – something that orbits a heavenly body; the moon is a natural satellite of earth
- 14. – are heavenly bodies that orbit a star. The planets of our solar system all orbit the sun
- 15. moon has just enough _______________ to pull the ocean to itself. That is what makes our oceans tides.
- 17. – are heavenly bodies that orbit a planet. Our moon orbits the earth
- 18. The earth’s ___________________ is why we have seasons
- 19. takes the earth 365 ¼ day to orbit the earth this is where we get our ______________________
- 20. – a large piece of rock that orbits the sun
- 23. – stays the same The constants of the sunrise and sunset are a picture of God’s faithfulness
- 25. was the first man to step on the moon
- 26. Some heavenly bodies orbit other heavenly bodies in space but our stars do not. Our sun is the center of our solar system
Down
- 1. an unmanned spacecraft such as a rover or lander that collects pictures and data in space
- 5. – a person who travels into outer space
- 6. – when the moon is not visible at all
- 7. – a tool that tells the time by using the sun
- 8. – when only less than half of the moon is visible (looks like a banana)
- 9. – when all of the moon is visible
- 12. is the only planet designed for life
- 16. part of the earth that is facing ______________ from the sun is experiencing winter
- 21. moon is bright at nighttime because it reflects the ________________light
- 22. – a heavenly body that orbits a planet
- 24. – a type of rope that keeps an astronaut from floating into space
- 27. – a spacecraft where scientists can live and work while orbiting Earth