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Down: 1) energy we can see2) an imaginary line through the center of Earth (or through another rotating object)3) the phase in which half of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth. This phase is sometimes called a half moon4) a fuel formed over millions of years from the remains of dead organisms. Examples are coal, oil, and natural gases5) a scientist who studies objects in space7) the northern half of the Earth9) to spin13) a huge ball of hot gases that gives off its own light18) getting larger, as in the sunlit part of the moon as seen from Earth19) the movement of water between Earth's surface and atmosphere20) one of the shapes of the moon as seen from Earth21) the pull that exists between all objects23) energy that makes things feel warm24) the phase in which the whole sunlit half of the moon faces away from Earth25) a tool that makes objects that are very far away look many times closer28) the ability to make things move, happen, or change Across: 6) getting smaller, as in the sunlit part of the moon as seen from Earth8) the curved path that a planet or other space body follows as it moves around another body in space10) a natural object that orbits a planet11) the sun and all the planets and other objects that move around it12) a dark area that forms when an object blocks light14) to throw back--light bounces off the object's surface15) to move in a path around another object16) the rise or fall of water along a shore17) phase in which less than half of the sunlit side of the moon faces Earth22) the southern half of the Earth26) a large round body in space that moves around a star27) the blanket of gases that surrounds the Earth29) the phase in which the whole sunlit half of the moon faces Earth30) the line where the sky and Earth's surface seem to meet31) a large, hollow pit in the surface of the moon (or a planet)
 

 

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