Across
- 3. The Earth takes 365 days to travel around the sun.
- 6. An imaginary line that passes through the center of the Earth around which it spins.
- 7. When __________ sunlight hits the surface of Earth, the light is scattered and not absorbed well; not straight.
- 8. The path followed by a planet, moon, or other heavenly body as it travels around another body.
- 10. The most _________is absorbed when the rays of sunlight are directly striking Earth.
- 15. The term for when the Earth moves around the sun.
- 16. _________ sunlight has more energy in a given area because the surface of the Earth facing the Sun is tilted towards the Sun; straight.
- 17. Seasons are not related to this because when this is the longest the Northern Hemisphere is in summer.
- 19. The _________ cycle is the term for the path that the moon travels.
Down
- 1. The term for when the Earth spins around its axis.
- 2. Stands for equal (around March 21st and September 21st).
- 4. An imaginary line around the middle of the Earth, at an equal distance from the North Pole and the South Pole.
- 5. One half of a sphere or globe.
- 9. The Earth takes 24 hours to spin on its axis.
- 10. The Earth travels around the Sun in this kind of path.
- 11. Any round object that has a surface that is the same distance from its center at all points such as a ball or globe.
- 12. To slant or tip.
- 13. Stands for longest (around June 21st and December 21st).
- 14. The reason the clock goes clockwise is because that is the direction the _________ travels through the sky in the daytime.
- 18. Another term for autumn.
