The Solar System, Moon, & Seasons Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• indirect sunlight : sunlight that hits the earth’s surface at a low angle
• eclipse : an event where one object in space blocks another from view
• first quarter moon : the phase when the moon is waxing and half of the sunlit side can be seen
• tides : the regular rising and falling of the sea
• lunar eclipse : when the moon passes into the earth’s shadow
• solar eclipse : when the sun is blocked from view by the moon
• waning moon : any phase when the sunlit side of the moon appears to shrink over time
• waxing moon : any phase when the sunlit side of the moon appears to grow over time
• moon : a large natural object that orbits a planet
• third quarter moon : the phase when the moon is waning and half of the sunlit side can be seen
• phase of moon : the shape of the sunlit side of the moon as seen from earth
• gibbous moon : any phase when more than half of the sunlit side of the moon can be seen
• summer : a hemisphere experiences this when it’s tilted towards the sun
• crescent moon : any phase when less than half of the sunlit side of the moon can be seen
• winter : a hemisphere experiences this when it’s tilted away from the sun
• equator : an imaginary line halfway between the north and south poles
• axis : an imaginary line through an object around which it spins
• full moon : the phase when the sunlit side of the moon is facing towards earth
• new moon : the phase when the sunlit side of the moon is facing away from earth
• direct sunlight : sunlight that hits the earth’s surface at a high angle
• season : a time of year with typical weather patterns and daylight hours
• hemisphere : a half of the earth, either north or south of the equator