8th Grade Benchmark 1 Review
Across
- 3. general shape of the planet's orbit
- 5. burns up
- 7. hangs out in space
- 9. tide generates highest and lowest tides on earth
- 14. carries electrically charged particles to earth
- 16. top of a wave
- 17. the law of motion that explains not wanting to change position (one, two or three)
- 18. eclipse when the moon is between the earth and the sun
- 19. bouncing off objects
- 22. ain't right
- 23. another word for longitudinal
- 24. imaginary line that earth spins on
- 25. icy space object
- 28. number of waves in one second
- 30. makes particles move parallel to wave direction
- 32. the outermost part of the suns atmosphere
- 34. two days a year that have equal day/night
- 35. spinning on an axis
Down
- 1. dark spots on the moon
- 2. northern and southern lights
- 4. distance light travels in one year
- 6. a slowing or stopping force
- 8. makes particles move perpendicular to wave direction
- 10. an object's tendency to stay at rest
- 11. equal to the distance from the sun to earth
- 12. a disturbance that transfers energy
- 13. eclipse when the earth is between the moon and the sun
- 14. darker regions of the sun's surface
- 15. loops of erupting gas on suns surface
- 20. solid, liquid or gas that waves travel through
- 21. height of a wave
- 25. indentions on a planetary surface shaped like a bowl
- 26. bottom of a wave
- 27. longest and shortest day of the year
- 29. going around an object (orbit)
- 31. tide not too impressive tides
- 33. "surface" of the sun, home to sunspots