Chapter 7 Vocab:
Across
- 3. the 4th planet from the sun
- 4. known for its ring system
- 7. small rocky particle that moves through space
- 8. the time it takes an object to travel once around the sun
- 9. a round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or space object
- 11. the 2nd planet to the sun
- 12. the four planets closest to the sun
- 15. the four largest moons around Jupiter
- 17. When a planet's atmosphere traps in solar energy
Down
- 1. the average distance from the Earth to the Sun
- 2. this is what the outer planets are known as
- 5. small rocky particle that moves through space
- 6. the largest planet in the solar system
- 8. the time it takes an object to complete one rotation
- 10. a small rocky and icy object that orbits the sun
- 13. a meteoroid that that strikes a planet or moon
- 14. the closest planet to the sun
- 16. a meteoroid that has entered the Earth's atmosphere