Science Vocabulary (NO SPACES)

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Across
  1. 8. The force of attraction between two objects.
  2. 10. To turn in a circular motion around a fixed point
  3. 13. The rising and falling of the sea.
  4. 15. The apparent shape of the moon when it is less than half-lighted.
  5. 16. The imaginary line that passes through the center of an object.
  6. 17. The four divisions of the year
  7. 18. A moon that gets more illuminated.
Down
  1. 1. A tide that has the greatest range between how high it is at high tide and low tide.
  2. 2. To orbit around a central point
  3. 3. A period lasting approximately 4 weeks in which the Moon’s phases change.
  4. 4. When the tide is at its highest altitude.
  5. 5. A tide that has the least range between how high it is at high tide and low tide.
  6. 6. A half of a sphere
  7. 7. When the tide is at its lowest altitude.
  8. 9. The shape of the sunlit part of the Moon that we see from Earth.
  9. 11. The apparent shape of the moon when it is more than half-lighted but not full.
  10. 12. To be slanted or inclined
  11. 14. A moon that gets dimmer.