Across
- 9. misconception: the ______ and southern hemisphere constantly have the same season
- 11. longest day of the year
- 16. the coldest season
- 17. each of the two belts of latitude between the torrid zone and the northern and southern frigid zones
- 21. False: the bottom of the earth is the _________
- 22. the vernal equinox happens in the ______
- 23. each of the four divisions that separate the yearly earth calendar
- 24. Spring's equinox
- 25. when the sun's rays are most direct and heat is most common
Down
- 1. when the sun's rays do not hit the earth as hard
- 2. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of approximately equal length
- 3. high/low the space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.
- 4. the bottom of the earth
- 5. a measurement of temperature or angle
- 6. a single orbit of one object around another or about an axis or center.
- 7. use ____ and longitude to measure coordinates
- 8. shortest day of the year
- 10. a half of the earth, usually as divided into northern and southern halves by the equator, or into western and eastern halves by an imaginary line passing through the poles.
- 11. rays of heat from the sun
- 12. when leaves fall and temperatures cool
- 13. one of the two polar circles and most north of the equator
- 14. the hottest season
- 15. the action of rotating around an axis or center
- 18. the main star in the constellation Ursa Minor
- 19. Autumns equinox
- 20. the time or date (twice each year) at which the sun reaches its maximum or minimum declination, marked by the longest and shortest days (about June 21 and December 22)