Across
- 3. Measures different wavelengths of light to identify elements
- 4. PLANE, Flat, imaginary path where planets orbit the Sun
- 6. The study of space, stars, planets, and the universe
- 8. ENERGY, Energy Earth receives from the Sun’s rays.
- 9. RADIATION, Powerful waves of heat and light from the Sun.
- 11. MOON, The Moon when it is completely dark from Earth’s view
- 13. To shine light on something.
- 14. GIBBOUS, Moon phase when light is decreasing
- 16. A planet’s movement around the Sun
- 17. A vehicle designed to explore the surface of another planet or moon
Down
- 1. (AU, Average distance between Earth and the Sun.
- 2. A tool that collects light to make distant objects appear closer.
- 3. NOON, When the Sun is highest in the sky
- 5. Earth’s tilt line that causes day and night.
- 7. Yearly weather patterns caused by Earth’s tilt and orbit
- 8. Object that orbits around a planet
- 10. MOON, The Moon when fully lit as seen from Earth
- 12. GIBBOUS, Moon phase when light is increasing
- 15. The spinning of a planet around its axis