Across
- 2. Twice each year when the Sun rises directly over the equator, and is equal distance from the north and south pole, creating days and nights of equal length
- 6. an imaginary line about which a body rotates
- 8. Twice each year when the Sun appears to reach its most northerly or southerly distance relative to the equator, marking the longest and shortest days
- 9. the moon at any stage between full moon and a quarter when more than half of the illuminated side is visible
- 11. the curved path of a celestial object around another body in space
- 12. tide just after the first or third quarters of the moon when there is least difference between high and low water.
- 14. To move in a circular motion on a central axis; spinning
- 15. To move on an orbit around another object
Down
- 1. The cycle of changes viewed from Earth as the Moon revolves it, revealing portions of the moon’s illuminated side known as phases
- 2. The oval shape of the orbit a celestial object makes as it revolves around another object
- 3. the moon at any stage between new moon and a quarter when less than half of the illuminated side is visible
- 4. As the moon moves towards the sun in its revolution around Earth, less of the illuminated portion are shown to Earth, appearing smaller each night
- 5. the alternate rising and falling of the sea, twice in each lunar day, due to the gravitational attraction of the moon and sun on the oceans
- 7. As the moon moves away from the sun in its revolution around Earth, more of the illuminated portion are shown to Earth, appearing larger each night
- 10. tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between the high and low sea levels at the coastline .
- 13. The partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another