Earth and Space Key Terms
Across
- 3. Pieces of rocky space debris floating around solar system
- 5. Orbits the sun. Spherical in shape. Cleared its orbit
- 8. A big ball of hot glowing gases
- 10. Star at the centre of our solar system
- 13. The model that suggests the Sun is at the centre of the universe
- 14. A celestial object that orbits a larger celestial object
- 16. A force that pulls something towards the centre of the Earth or towards something with a large mass
- 17. The model that suggests Earth is at the centre of the universe
- 18. Natural object in space
Down
- 1. A flat disk of rocky objects which orbits the terrestrial planets, full of remnants from the solar system's formation.
- 2. Human made object which orbits a planet or celestial object
- 3. A meteoroid that makes it through Earth’s atmosphere
- 4. E.g., Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
- 6. Big ball of dust, rock and metal
- 7. Big ball of dust, rock and metal surrounded by an icy shell
- 9. A flattened disk which orbits the Jovian planets. Home to Pluto
- 11. Meteoroids that hit Earth’s atmosphere. Looks like shooting stars
- 12. Curved path around celestial object round a planet, star or moon
- 15. E.g., Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune