Across
- 3. Another name for the North Star, Earth's axis points here.
- 4. Half of a sphere, or half of the Earth.
- 7. Rotation causes ______ and night.
- 9. Spinning motion of the Earth on its axis.
- 12. The number of seasons we experience here on Earth.
- 13. Imaginary line that passes through Earth from the North Pole to the South pole.
- 16. The hemisphere we live on.
- 18. The movement of an object around another object.
- 19. Moon phase when the moon appers to be completely dark.
Down
- 1. Moon phase when the moon appears to be fully illuminated.
- 2. The length of each season in months.
- 5. An imaginary line that divides the earth into two hemispheres.
- 6. Regular changes in temperature that repeat every year.
- 8. The daily rise and fall of of the water levels in oceans.
- 10. Tides that happen twice a month with the least difference between high and low tides.
- 11. ___________clockwise - the direction the earth moves around the sun.
- 14. Tides that happen twice a month that cause higher than noraml high tides.
- 15. Elliptical (oval) curved path that an object takes around another object or center of gravity.
- 17. The reason for the seasons.
