Across
- 7. the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
- 8. something we observe to be similar over and over again
- 9. a rocky sphere that ravels around a planet
- 11. the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the moon) travels around a larger object (like earth)
- 13. a moon phase that looks like a full circle from earth
- 14. the relative size of things
- 15. a moon outside our solar system
- 17. the border between light and dark on the moon
- 18. a moon phase in which the moon is not visible from earth
- 19. the sun,the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
Down
- 1. a moon phase that looks like a half-circle from earth
- 2. a moon phase that looks like more than half a circle
- 3. to shine light on an object and make it visible
- 4. when the moon is completely dark
- 5. amount of time it takes for a planet to complete one orbit around a star or stars
- 6. a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from earth
- 10. the shape of the illuminated part of the moon as it appears from earth
- 12. a planet outside our solar system
- 16. an object, diagram, or computer program that helps us understand something by making it simpler or easier to see
