The Movement of the Earth and Moon

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Across
  1. 1. - It takes one of these for the moon to orbit the earth
  2. 6. When the earth is angled so the northern hemisphere is closer to the sun, it is this season in Australia.
  3. 8. - It would be this season in Squamish if the sun was closest to the South Pole.
  4. 10. These are caused by the slant of the earth when it orbits the sun
  5. 11. This orbits the earth
  6. 13. The equinoxes happen when the sun shines the strongest at the equator. How many equinoxes do we have?
Down
  1. 2. The orbit of the earth around the sun causes this.
  2. 3. solstice - What is it called when the sun shines for the shortest time north of the equator?
  3. 4. This is one of the seasons that occur in BC when the sun is closest to the equator.
  4. 5. We watched his video last week
  5. 7. - It takes one of these for the earth to orbit the sun
  6. 9. solstice - What is it called when the sun shines the longest north of the equator?
  7. 10. - We have seasons because the earth is_________?
  8. 12. We have this many seasons in a year