Spinning in Circles

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Across
  1. 4. shape of the Earth
  2. 7. imaginary line running from the north to south pole
  3. 8. sunlight shines equally on the northern and summer hemispheres
  4. 9. the time it takes to complete one full revolution
  5. 11. Earth's axis is always point at the ___
  6. 13. Areas around the ___ receive an average of twelve hours of daylight each day
  7. 15. fall and spring begin on the ___
  8. 16. the Sun's light reaches more of one hemisphere than the other
  9. 17. the motion of a body as it travels around another body in space
Down
  1. 1. a pattern of temperature and weather trends
  2. 2. Month the Earth is closest to the sun
  3. 3. summer and winter begin on the ____
  4. 5. the direction of Earth's rotation
  5. 6. one full rotation of a planet
  6. 10. the spinning of a planet on its axis
  7. 12. Earth's rotation is used to measure what?
  8. 14. Earth's axis is ____ at 23.5 degrees