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8th Grade Unit 4.1 Earth, Moon, and Sun

Across
The darkest part of an eclipse.
The time of year when the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and a minimum in the other hemisphere.
Occurs when a shadow makes the Sun or the Moon seem to grow dark.
The system which is made up of the Sun, planets, and various other bodies.
An imaginary line about which a turning body, such as Earth rotates.
When the lit-up part of the Moon shrinks from 99.9% to 50.1%. It starts just after Full Moon and lasts until the Third Quarter Moon
Patterns of temperature changes and other weather trends over the course of a year.
Down
It is everything- space and all the matter and energy in it.
A region of lighter shadow that may surround an umbra; for example the spreading cone of lighter shadow cast by a space object.
A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky. The Greeks named many of these for animals and imaginary beings.
The time of year when sunlight shines equally in the northern and southern hemispheres. Half of each hemisphere is lit, and half of each hemisphere is in darkness.
An intermediate phase of the Moon that starts right after the First Quarter when the illumination is 50%.
A group of millions or billions of stars held together by their own gravity.
The path of an object in space as it moves around another object because of gravity.
A dark area on the Moon. The plural form is called "Maria."