Across
- 4. “day” on the moon is the same length as a _____ on the moon.
- 8. crescent/What is the 8th phase of the moon?
- 10. pulls/Sun and the moon are pulling different directions, their _____ partially cancel each other.
- 13. ____ of the moon depends on how much of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth.
- 15. dark-colored areas are low, flat plains of lava called _____.
- 17. tide/____ is a tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.
- 18. side/The side of the moon that always faces Earth is called the ___.
- 19. are the rise and fall of ocean water that occur approximately every 12.5 hours.
- 20. moon ______ around Earth.
Down
- 1. area of the shadow where the sun is only practically blocked is called the ____.
- 2. space half of the moon is always lit by the ____.
- 3. gibbous/What is the 4th phase of the moon?
- 5. an object in space comes between the sun and a third object, it causes a shadow on the third object, causing an _____.
- 6. different shapes of the moon you see are called _______.
- 7. an eclipse, the very darkest part of the shadow where the light from the sun is completely blocked is the _____.
- 9. moon, like ____, rotates and revolve.
- 11. eclipses/Name one of the types of eclipses?
- 12. tide/The gravitational pulls from both the sun and moon combine to produce a tide with most significant difference between consecutive low and high tides, called a spring tide.
- 14. _____ rises for about 6 hours, then falls for about 6 hours.
- 16. After about ____ days, the pattern begins again and a new moon occurs.
- 17. moon/Every month there is a _______ and a full moon.
