Earth in Space Vocabulary
Across
- 5. a chunk of rock and metal/found in a "belt"
- 9. rocky debris that lands on Earth's surface
- 10. In the winter we get ________ sunlight
- 12. type of eclipse/Earth is between the moon and sun
- 14. phase in which the entire moon appears illuminated
- 15. the materials and make up of an object
- 19. the earth's axis is ______
- 21. large sphere of glowing gas/the sun is a ____
- 22. invisible line through an object on which it spins
- 23. a reaction in which hydrogen forms helium/2 words
- 24. type of eclipse/moon is between the Earth and sun
- 25. the path an object takes around another object
- 26. spinning on its axis once
- 27. going around another object once
Down
- 1. rocky debris that enters Earth's atmosphere
- 2. phase in which the moon appears completely dark
- 3. a model made using proper ratios
- 4. a type planet that is made up primarily of gases
- 6. a small object that orbits a large object in space
- 7. rocky debris floating in space
- 8. the lowest of the low tides
- 11. a planet like object/too small to be a planet/2wds
- 13. a chunk of dust and ice called a "dirty snowball"
- 16. a type of planet with a rocky surface
- 17. a force of attraction that pulls together matter
- 18. the highest of the high tides
- 20. a naturally occurring physical object in space