T11 Lesson 3: Phase and Eclipses

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