Read the clue. Fill in the crossword puzzle with the correct word. The crossword puzzle will turn green if you are correct! Take a picture of the completed puzzle to show your teacher.
1. A pattern of stars in the sky that people have found to represent people, animals, or objects
2. Scientist who studies space and the universe
3. Moon phase when only half of the lighted side of the moon is visible on Earth; happens after a new moon and before a full moon
4. When the Earth is between the moon and the sun so that the near side of the moon is able to completely reflect all of the sun’s light onto Earth
5. Half of the Earth
6. Having to do with the moon
7. When the Earth moves between the sun and the moon, blocking out the light from the sun; only happens during the full moon phase
8. Moon phase when only half of the lighted side of the moon is visible on Earth; happens after a full moon and before a new moon
9. The different ways the moon looks to us on Earth, based on its revolutions around Earth
10. The only naturallyoccurring body that orbits the Earth
11. When the moon is positioned between the sun and the Earth so that the lighted part of the moon is facing away from the Earth
12. One object moving around another
13. One object moving around another
14. To spin on an axis
15. Having to do with the sun
16. When the moon moves between the sun and the Earth, blocking out the light from the sun
17. All the matter, space, and energy that exist
18. Moon phase during which the near side of the moon reflects less sunlight and less than half of it is visible.
19. Moon phase during which the near side of the moon reflects less sunlight, but more than half of it is still visible.
20. Moon phase during which the near side of the moon is reflecting more sunlight, and less than half of the near side of the moon is visible
21. Moon phase during which the near side of the moon is reflecting more sunlight, and more than half the near side of the moon is visible
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