Across
- 3. large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid
- 5. point of year at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another
- 7. "shrinking"- phases when the moon appears to get smaller
- 9. amount of time it takes to complete all eight phases
Down
- 1. changing appearance of the moon as seen from Earth
- 2. amount of time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun
- 4. Earth's only natural satellite
- 6. medium sized star at the center of our solar system
- 7. "growing"- phases when the moon appears to get larger
- 8. daily rise and fall of the oceans caused mainly by the gravitational pull of the moon