The Earth, Moon, and Sun

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Across
  1. 2. the large, dark, flat areas on the moon
  2. 4. ford when objects from space collided into the moon
  3. 8. quarter Moon, the eastern side of the moon is lit
  4. 9. A spinning motion
  5. 10. a day when Earth’s rotation axis is leaning along Earth’s orbit, neither toward nor away from the sun
  6. 11. Moon, all of the moon is lit
  7. 13. phase, during these, less of the Moon’s near side is lit each night
  8. 16. tides, during the new moon and full moon phases when the moon and sun’s gravity combine and make higher high tides and lower low tides
  9. 18. eclipse, when the Moon’s shadow appears on Earth’s surface
  10. 19. phase, during these, more of the Moon’s near side is lit each night
  11. 21. light colored and full of craters, high elevation on the moons surface
  12. 22. the central, darker part of a shadow where the light is totally blocked
Down
  1. 1. quarter Moon, the western side of the moon is lit
  2. 3. light colored streaks that extend outward from some craters
  3. 5. a day when Earth’s rotation axis is the most towards or away from the Sun
  4. 6. the position of the moon or a planet reflecting light as seen from Earth
  5. 7. axis, the line on which an object rotates
  6. 9. The motion of one object around another object
  7. 12. eclipse, when the Moon moves into the Earth’s shadow
  8. 14. Moon, none of the moon is lit
  9. 15. the path an object follows as it moves around another object
  10. 17. the lighter part of a shadow where the light is partially blocked
  11. 20. tides, , a week after a spring tide the sn earth and moon form a right angle, when this happens the sun’s effect on the tides reduces the moons effect. High tides are lower and low tides are higher