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THE SUN-EARTH-MOON SYSTEM

Name ______________________________
Hour ______________
Across
For us, the ____ solstice is about June 21.
If you are in the penumbra you experience a ____ solar eclipse.
A ____ Moon means more can be seen of it each night.
Referring to a not-quite full moon ____ means humpbacked.
The day the Sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator
A round three-dimensional object
When you see less of the Moon each night it is a ____ Moon.
Which hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun during an equinox?
Following the waning gibbous is the ____ quarter Moon.
Earth's magnetic field protects you by trapping many ____ ____ from the Sun.
A ____ is about 365 Earth rotations.
Earth gets ____ to the Sun about January 3 each year.
The hemisphere tilted toward the sun has ____ daylight hours than the other hemisphere.
A lighter shadow that surrounds the umbra is the ____.
When is it okay to look directly at the Sun?
Earth's ___ is the imaginary line around which Earth spins
____ means half of Earth.
Summer occurs in the hemisphere tilted ____ the Sun.
The spinning of Earth on its axis
When the Moon moves directly between the Sun and Earth and casts its shadow over part of Earth we have a ____ eclipse.
Earth's magnetic axis is the same as its rotational axis. (true/false)
Down
When Earth or the Moon temporarily blocks the sunlight from reaching the other it is a/an ____.
Sunlight striking Earth on the hemisphere tilted toward the Sun is at a ____ angle than the other hemisphere.
Summer solstice is about the ____ period of daylight of the year.
About 24 hours after a new moon you see a waxing ____ moon.
A ____ phase occurs when the Moon is between Earth and Sun.
The shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun is a/an ____.
He noticed the Earth cast a curved shadow on the Moon during an eclipse
Following a waxing crescent moon is the ____ quarter phase.
For Australia, the ____ solstice is about June 21.
When the Sun is directly above Earth's equator
Earths yearly orbit around the Sun is a ____.
One of Earth's rotations is a ____.
Earth gets ____ from the Sun about July 4 each year.
The location of the magnetic poles has been shown to ____ over time.
The darkest portion of the Moon's shadow
When Earth's shadow falls on the Moon, a ____ eclipse occurs.
23.5 is the number of degrees of Earth's ____.
A person standing within the Moon's umbra experiences a ____ solar eclipse.
A moon ____ is the form the Moon takes in its appearance.
The ____ side of the moon always faces Earth.