Across
- 5. The ___________ hours that Earth takes to make one full rotation is equal to 1 day.
- 6. The change in Earth's distance between the Sun does NOT create ________.
- 7. Waxes grows, _____ shrinks.
- 11. Shadows also gradually change _________ throughout the day.
- 12. Seasons are caused by direct or __________ rays.
- 15. Throughout the day, the Sun appears to move from ____ to west across the sky.
- 17. The sun always illuminates one half of the Moon's surface, but the portion visible from Earth varies as the Moon ______ around Earth on its orbit.
- 18. The ______ cycle between new moon, waxing crescent, waxing gibbous, full moon, waning gibbous, waning crescent.
- 19. The size of stars can appear ______ the closer they are to Earth.
Down
- 1. Groton-Dunstable's mascot
- 2. An object must be very _______ to pull hard enough on objects to cause a change.
- 3. When it is ____, the part of Earth you are on faces toward the Sun.
- 4. _______ is a pull force that pulls objects to the center of Earth.
- 8. Your changing shadow is caused by Earth's _________.
- 9. Distances between Earth and stars are called _______.
- 10. The farther an object is away from Earth, the ________ the force of Gravity is on them.
- 13. Giant balls of gas that produce their own light and heat energy.
- 14. We get direct rays during __________.
- 16. Earth's ____ is tilted at an angle of 23.5 degrees.