Chapter 2 Crossword, 6th grade
Across
- 6. objects made of rock and ice from around the sun, formed from gravity and electrostatic forces, pg 55
- 7. russian dog sent into space, pg 62
- 9. round, orbits the sun, cleared area of debris, pg 51
- 10. two words, average distance between middle of sun and middle of earth, pg 50
- 12. gaseous body at the center of our solar system, pg 51
- 15. natural satellite of planets, pg 54
- 17. two words, many types of this but visible light is most familiar version, pg 59
- 18. closest planet to the sun, pg 52
Down
- 1. liquid found on the surface of earth allowing for survival, pg 52
- 2. farthest planet from the sun, pg 53
- 3. pull that keeps objects in solar system orbiting, pg 49
- 4. time it takes a planet to rotate on it's axis, pg 51
- 5. formerly known as the ninth planet, now a dwarf planet, pg 54
- 8. name of space telescope launched in 2009, pg 64
- 11. instruments that collect and focus light, pg 60
- 13. time it takes a planet to orbit the sun, pg 51
- 14. two words, sun, planets, moons, variety of other objects, pg 49
- 16. all objects in space emit this, pg 59