Across
- 2. What is the name of the lunar phase when the moon appears to be in half shadow, with the light side on the right?
- 6. What is the name of the lunar phase when the moon appears to be in complete shadow?
- 8. Name for movement of the Earth around the Sun?
- 9. Our sun is a type of ____
- 11. What is the term for a moon that is nearly all visible to us on Earth during the lunar cycle?
- 12. The axis of earth is on a 23.5 degree ____
- 15. What is the term for a moon that is only partly visible to us on Earth during the lunar cycle?
- 16. What is the name of the lunar phase when the moon appears to be completely lit up?
- 19. What is the name of the lunar phase when the moon appears to be in half shadow, with the light side on the left?
- 22. Occurs every 4 years to realign our calendar with the position of the Earth around the sun
- 23. What is the term used to describe the moon apparently becoming more covered in shadow during the lunar cycle?
- 25. Name for movement of the Earth from West to East?
- 26. occurs when your location has rotated away from the sun
- 27. occurs when your location is facing the sun
Down
- 1. What season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere when it is tilted towards the sun?
- 3. Tool you can use to look at planets in the sky at night
- 4. What season occurs after Winter?
- 5. natural satellite of Earth
- 7. What is the shape of Earth’s orbit around the sun?
- 10. Type of Solar eclipse that can be seen inside the Umbra
- 13. What type of eclipse occurs when the Earth moves between the Moon and the Sun?
- 14. What season occurs after Summer?
- 17. The force that pulls matter towards the center of a large mass (like a planet)
- 18. What type of eclipse occurs when the moon moves between the Earth and the Sun?
- 20. What is the term used to describe the moon becoming more lit up by the sun during the lunar cycle?
- 21. Type of Solar eclipse that can be seen inside the Penumbra
- 23. What season occurs in the Southern Hemisphere when it is tilted away from the sun?
- 24. Area of intense shadow during an eclipse