This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 22 clues. Answers range from 2 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Direct / Whichever hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun is getting _
Distance / Seasons have nothing to do with the from the Earth to the
Equal / Spring and Fall are not too cold and not too hot because both hemispheres are getting _
Ecliptic / the path the sun follows across the
Fartheraway / The sun is larger, but is also _ which is why it appears the same size as the
Geocentric / the thought that everything including the sun orbited the
Heliocentric, the thought that Sun is the center of our
Height / Angle of separation is a way to measure the _ of the sun in the
lower / Shadows are Longer in the winter because the sun’s ecliptic is _in the
model / something that is used to study objects that are too small or too big to study easily in real
Moonsorbit / responsible for the length of one
Penumbra / light outer part of a
Rotate / to spin on an
Rotation / is responsible for the length of one
Revolution / is responsible for the length of one
Shadows / What moves
Summer / When the Northern Hemisphere is having_, the Southern Hemisphere is having
Coldest / Seasonal delay means December 21st is not the _day in
Tilt / the number one reason for the
Toward / The sun is higher in the sky in the summer because the Earth is tilted _ the
us / Summer occurs for¬_ when Direct is hitting the Northern
umbra / dark inner part of a