Across
- 2. What percentage of the moon is lit by the Sun?
- 7. A flat two-dimensional plane where a space object is at any point in its orbit.
- 8. Rockets, satellites, probes, space stations, and space shuttles.
- 9. The ability to cause objects to change, move, or work.
- 11. The substances, materials, and processes that make up a system.
- 12. The imaginary line around which an object spins or rotates.
- 15. When the moon passes into Earth's shadow.
- 17. A natural phenomenon that causes objects to be attracted to each other based on each objects mass and the distance between them.
- 18. Any product or process made by engineers.
- 19. The mixture of gases that surrounds a planet
- 21. The different shapes of the moon visible from Earth.
- 22. The extent of a system, separating those components and processes that are part of the system from those that are not
Down
- 1. A collection of stars and their solar systems that are gravitationally bound to one and other.
- 3. What is the angle of Earth's tilt?
- 4. A star and all of the objects that orbit it.
- 5. new moon on oct 9and nov 6, what phase is on Oct 24?
- 6. how long does one cycle of the moon phases take?
- 10. Energy that comes from the sun.
- 13. A group of interacting objects or processes. Every system includes components, interactions, and boundaries.
- 14. When the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun such that the Moon's shadow causes some places on Earth to experience darkness during daytime.
- 16. A curved path that a space object takes around a star, planet, or moon.
- 19. astronomical unit
- 20. studies objects beyond Earth's atmosphere
