Astronomy study guide
Across
- 3. this keeps planets in motion around the sun
- 7. named the rocky planet
- 9. the eighth planet from the sun
- 11. _______ are the result of the gravitational pull of the moon and sun on the surface waters of Earth
- 12. The _______ of the Earth causes day and night
- 13. like dirty snowballs
- 17. the seventh planet from the sun
- 18. sometimes called a shooting star
- 19. the sixth plant from the sun
- 21. The _______ of the moon are the result of the position the sun, the moon, and Earth are in relation to each other
Down
- 1. the fifth planet for the sun
- 2. large space rock that orbits the sun
- 4. The _______ of the Earth causes the angle that sunlight hits the surface to vary during the year
- 5. the closest planet to the sun
- 6. these planets are Farther from the sun, very large, and made of gas
- 8. the third planet from the sun
- 10. these planets are Closer to the sun, small, and rocky
- 14. this is the center of out solar system
- 15. the forth planet from the sun
- 16. Invention of the _______ provided powerful and confounding observations that challenged the Earth-centered model
- 20. the second closest planet to the sun