Science 6: Motions of the Earth

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Unscramble each word using the clue about Earth's motions, day and night, seasons, stars, and eclipses.

1. The spinning movement of Earth on its imaginary axis. (8 letters)
2. The movement of Earth around the Sun. (10 letters)
3. An imaginary line passing through Earth's North and South Poles. (4 letters)
4. A spherical model of Earth used to demonstrate its rotation. (5 letters)
5. The period when a location on Earth faces the Sun and receives sunlight. (7 letters)
6. The period when a location on Earth faces away from the Sun. (9 letters)
7. Light from the Sun that illuminates the side of Earth facing it. (8 letters)
8. A period of the year with particular patterns of weather and daylight. (6 letters)
9. The slant of Earth's axis that helps cause the seasons as Earth orbits the Sun. (4 letters)
10. The path followed by Earth as it moves around the Sun. (5 letters)
11. An imaginary line around the middle of Earth that divides it into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres. (7 letters)
12. One half of Earth, either north or south of the equator. (10 letters)
13. An event when one hemisphere experiences its longest or shortest day of the year. (8 letters)
14. An event when daytime and nighttime are nearly equal in length around the world. (7 letters)
15. A recognized pattern or group of stars seen in the night sky. (13 letters)
16. Distant objects that produce their own light and appear in different patterns throughout the year. (5 letters)
17. A repeated or recognizable arrangement that can be observed in the night sky. (7 letters)
18. An event in which one celestial object blocks light or moves into another object's shadow. (7 letters)
19. A word describing an eclipse that happens when the Moon blocks the Sun from view. (5 letters)
20. A word describing an eclipse that happens when the Moon passes through Earth's shadow. (5 letters)
21. A dark area formed when an object blocks light. (6 letters)
22. The darkest central part of a shadow during an eclipse. (5 letters)
23. The lighter outer part of a shadow during an eclipse. (8 letters)
24. The arrangement of the Sun, Earth, and Moon in a straight or nearly straight line during an eclipse. (9 letters)
25. Earth's natural satellite that moves around our planet. (4 letters)
26. A simple representation used to demonstrate how Earth, the Sun, and the Moon move. (5 letters)
27. A round, three-dimensional shape like the Sun, Earth, and Moon. (6 letters)
28. A word describing objects found in space, such as stars, planets, and moons. (9 letters)
29. The careful act of watching and recording events in the sky. (11 letters)
30. Describes events that follow regular patterns and can be anticipated. (11 letters)