Across
- 3. Red planet
- 5. Natural Satellite of Earth
- 9. A phase when the dark side of the moon faces Earth.
- 11. A point where the moon's orbit is nearest to the Earth
- 12. Keeps the planets and objects in orbit around it.
- 14. Derived from the Latin word terra
- 17. Occurs when the lighted part of the moon forms crescent shape as viewed from Earth
- 18. Process of iron mixing with oxygen to form rust
- 19. Hottest planet
- 22. Occurs when one-half of the illuminated side of the moon is seen from earth
- 24. the smallest planet
- 25. largest Object in the solar system
Down
- 1. Almost all of the moon's lighted side can be seen from Earth.
- 2. Largest planet
- 4. A point where the moon's orbit is farthest to the Earth
- 6. The stage before New moon phase
- 7. Second largest planet
- 8. Large round pits formed from the impact of meteorites to the moon.
- 10. It has 16 moons including Triton
- 11. refers to the apparent shape of the moon's directly sunlit portion as viewed from Earth.
- 13. The largest moon of Neptune.
- 15. The larger moon of Mars.
- 16. The lighted side of the moon appears to wane or grow smaller
- 20. It rotates on it's axis every 17 earth hours
- 21. All of the lighted parts of the Moon can be seen from Earth
- 23. Biggest planet in the inner planets
