Across
- 2. - The season that summer transitions in to winter
- 4. Pole - Located directly 90 degrees south of the equator at the end of the axis
- 5. - when the sun is at its highest or lowest point on earth and causing the shortest and longest day of the year.
- 6. - The coldest season of the year which occurs in the northern hemisphere from December to February and in the southern hemisphere from June to August.
- 9. - the invisible line that is a 0 degrees of the earth that separates the northern and southern hemispheres
- 10. - The season that summer transitions in to winter
- 12. - When the earth completes a full revolution
Down
- 1. - the planet that is home to humans
- 3. - when the earth orbits 1/12 of the way around the sun
- 5. - The star that is the earth’s source of light and heat
- 7. - When the southern and northern hemispheres face about the same lengths of day and night time
- 8. Pole - Located directly 90 degrees north of the equator at the end of the axis
- 9. axis - the imaginary line that causes the earth to spin at a 23.5 degree angle.
- 10. - The warmest season of the year occurring in the northern hemisphere from June to August and in the southern hemisphere in December to February
- 11. - When the earth completes a full rotation around the axis