Sun, Earth, Moon System Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• polaris : a star located at the end of the handle of the little dipper, in the constellation ursa minor
• summer : northern hemisphere is tilted toward sun.
• first quarter : one of the moon phases that changes as the moon orbits the earth
• solar system : the sun together with the planets and all other bodies that orbit the sun
• milky way : the galaxy containing the sun, solar system, and all of the individually visible stars in the night sky
• orbit : the path followed by an object revolving around another object
• gravity : a force that attracts one object to another
• rotation : earth spinning on its axis
• seasons : one of the four periods of the year (spring, summer, autumn, and winter)
• revolution : planet or moon travels once around another object.
• axis : an imaginary line drawn through the north pole and the south pole
• new moon : moon phase is between the earth and the sun, with its dark side toward the earth.
• full moon : the moon is on the opposite side of earth as the sun and is not in earth's shadow.
• time zones : division of time across the world in 24 longitudinal divisions.
• tilt : earth's axis is about 23.5 degrees that causes seasons.
• ellipse : a closed, symmetric curve shaped like an oval
• planet : any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light
• eclipses : the sun, earth or moon cross paths and cover each other up temporarily
• tides : the regular upward and downward movement of the level of the ocean that is caused by the pull of the sun and the moon on the earth