Across
- 3. An object's spinning motion on its own axis.
- 6. When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point at noon, resulting in the shortest and longest days of the year
- 10. When the Sun is high in the sky and directly casting its rays on the surface
- 11. The shape of the path Earth takes around the Sun
- 12. The line of latitude that is 23¹/₂ degrees north of the equator
- 13. The part of the Earth's surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn
- 15. An imaginary line that goes through a planet which they also rotate on
- 16. The star that is in the center of our solar system which Earth revolves around
- 17. The northern point of the Earth's axis
- 20. The planet which can sustain animal and human life.
Down
- 1. The time when the sun crosses the plane of the earth's equator, making night and day of approximately equal length all over the earth
- 2. The path the Earth takes around the Sun
- 4. The part of the Earth’s surface between the Tropic of Cancer and the arctic circle or between Tropic of Capricorn and the Antarctic circle.
- 5. The southern point of the Earth's axis
- 7. When the Sun is low in the sky and indirectly casting its rays on the surface
- 8. The movement of the Earth around the sun
- 9. Imaginary line around the middle of the Earth
- 14. The brightest star in the constellation called Ursa Minor
- 18. The line of latitude that is 23¹/₂ degrees south of the equator
- 19. The part of Earth’s surface that is around the North and South Pole.