Across
- 2. average sized star at the center of our solar system that has average temperature
- 3. spin or turn on an axis once; causes day and night for the Earth
- 6. predictable pattern of the moon’s changing appearance.
- 10. Lunar phase halfway between a full moon and a new moon
- 13. natural satellite that revolves around a planet
- 14. when the moon appears to shrink or get smaller; from full to new moon
- 15. the 3rd planet from the Sun; where we live
- 16. rise and fall of sea levels caused by the pull of gravity between the Earth, Sun, and Moon
Down
- 1. four divisions of the year caused by the Earth revolving around the sun
- 2. Highest high tides and lowest low tides; after a full or new moon
- 4. The moon is seen as completely illuminated when the Earth is between the Moon and the Sun
- 5. Lunar phase halfway between a new moon and a full moon
- 7. Lower high tides and higher low tides; after a 1st or 3rd quarter moon
- 8. when the moon appears to grow or get bigger; from new to full moon
- 9. the Moon appears invisible from Earth when it is between the Earth and the Sun
- 11. when an object goes completely around another object one time; causes the Earth’s seasons to change.
- 12. imaginary line that an object rotates around