Astronomy Vocabulary
Across
- 3. planets travel the slowest
- 6. using light energy for oxygen
- 8. radiation emitted by the sun
- 11. the motion of a body along a point
- 15. the process of burning something
- 16. the turning or spinning of a body on the axis
- 17. stream of electrically charged particles
- 20. large cloud of dust or gas in space
- 21. day and night equal in both hemispheres
- 23. transfer of heat from one substance to another
Down
- 1. small nuclei form into one large nuclei
- 2. electromagnetic waves in order
- 3. the scientific study of the universe
- 4. longest or shortest solstice
- 5. planets travel the fastest
- 7. a tide after the third quarter moon
- 9. transferred energy by electromagnetic waves
- 10. a tide after the full moon
- 12. incoming solar radiation
- 13. the center of mass of two or more bodies
- 14. a slow motion of Earth's axis
- 18. the wobbling of Earth's axis
- 19. warm will ride cool will sink
- 22. planets made of gas