Earth, Sun, and Moon Vocab crossword

This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 23 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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all types of electromagnetic radiation, arranged according to wavelength and frequency.
uses lenses to bring visible light to a focus.
brings visible light to a focus with mirrors.
A technique that uses the images from several telescopes to produce a single image.
the percentage of incoming sunlight that the surface of the moon reflects.
heavily cratered regions of the moon that are light in color and mountainous.
dark, relatively smooth plains on the moon.
valleylike structures that might be collapsed lava tubes
formed when objects form space crashed into the lunar surface.
the material blasted out during the impacts fell back to the moon's surface as this.
long trails of ejecta
a layer of loose, ground-up rock
the plane of the earth's orbit
the sun is overhead at its farthest distance either north or south of the equator.
earth's axis is perpendicular to the sun's rays and at noon the sun is directly over head ant the equator.
the state at which its orbital and rotational periods are equal.
the moon passes directly between the sun and the earth and blocks the sum from view
the closest point in the moon's orbit to earth
the farthest point in the moon's orbit to earth.
the moon passes behind earth in relation to the sun, and through earth's shadow.

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