Across
- 3. eclipse the passing of the Moon into the Earth’s shadow
- 5. the figure of the Moon during its first and last quarter, resembling a segment of a ring with pointed ends
- 7. the third planet from the Sun
- 10. the main bodies in space that revolve around the Sun
- 14. the passing of the Moon’s shadow across the Earth
- 15. the faint, white light seen around the Sun during a solar eclipse
- 16. the star at the centre of the Solar System
- 17. hot ball of burning gas that gives off its own heat and light
- 18. an imaginary line around which an object spins
- 19. the main bodies in the solar system that revolve around the Sun
- 22. having to do with the Moon
- 23. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun
- 25. the first-quarter or third-quarter phase, when half the visible side of the Moon is illuminated
- 26. a group of stars, gas and dust
Down
- 1. occurs when the Earth passes between the Sun and the Moon
- 2. the path of one object in space around another object
- 4. a smaller object that revolves around a larger object
- 6. the spinning of an object
- 8. the divisions of the year (e.g., spring, summer, autumn, and winter) with particular weather patterns and daylight hours, due to the Earth's changing position relative to the Sun
- 9. a phase of the Moon in which more than half of the side we see is illuminated
- 11. the Sun, the eight planets that orbit it and their moons
- 12. the natural satellite that orbits the Earth
- 13. the shape the Moon appears to be as seen from Earth
- 19. the larger shadow cast by the Moon during a solar eclipse
- 20. the science that deals with the universe beyond Earth’s atmosphere
- 21. to do with object in the sky
- 24. the darker, smaller shadow cast by the Moon during a total solar eclipse