Unit 1 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 1. Earth is not tilted toward or away from the Sun. This season comes after summer.
  2. 7. the rise and fall of Earth's water
  3. 9. Earths path as it revolves around the sun
  4. 13. The time at which the tide reaches its highest level at any moon phase
  5. 15. looks like darkness. has no light reflected
  6. 17. moving around another object in space
  7. 18. the moon's shape when more than half is illuminated
  8. 19. The Northern Hemisphere of the Earth is tilted in toward the sun.
  9. 22. this phase of the moon occurs about 7 days after a new moon
  10. 24. in spring and fall and the Earth has equal day and night
  11. 26. Type of tide when the Sun, Earth, and Moon are lined up and high tides are higher and low tides are lower than usual
  12. 27. When the Moon appears to get smaller
Down
  1. 2. imaginary line that passes through the Earth's center from the North to the South
  2. 3. In summer and winter and the Earth has the longest day/shortest night or the shortest day/longest night
  3. 4. The Northern Hemisphere of Earth is tilted away from the sun.
  4. 5. spinning on an axis
  5. 6. When the Moon appears to get bigger
  6. 8. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
  7. 10. short period of climate change in an area caused by the tilt of Earth's axis as Earth revolves around the sun. (winter, summer, autumn, spring)
  8. 11. The shape of Earth's orbit
  9. 12. the phase of the moon when the moon is between Earth and sun
  10. 14. the phase of the moon when Earth is between the moon and sun
  11. 16. the state of the tide when at its lowest level at any moon phase
  12. 20. the moon's shape when less than half of it is illuminated
  13. 21. Type of eclipse blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon
  14. 23. Earth is not tilted toward or away from the Sun. This season comes after winter.
  15. 25. Type of tide when the Sun, Earth and Moon make a right angle and the high tides are lower than usual and the low tides are a little higher than usual.
  16. 26. Type of eclipse which occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Sun and Earth and casts a shadow over part of Earth