Earth Science Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. , the regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another object
  2. 4. , one half of the Earth, like cutting an orange in half
  3. 5. , terrestrial planets or Earth-like planets, they are smaller and made of mostly rock and metal: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars)
  4. 8. pattern , something that repeats over and over in the same way, allowing you to guess or know what will happen next
  5. 10. , one complete circle an object makes around another object or point
Down
  1. 1. , the 24 hour period caused by Earth's rotation on its axis, where one side faces the Sun (day) and the other faces away (night)
  2. 2. , the big, gaseous giants in our solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
  3. 3. , the central star of our solar system, a giant, hot ball of gas (mostly hydrogen and helium) that provide Earth with the light and heat necessary for life
  4. 6. , an imaginary line going through the center of the Earth on which it spins
  5. 7. , an imaginary line around the middle of Earth,like a belt, that divides it into a top half (Northern Hemisphere) and a bottom half(Southern Hemisphere)
  6. 9. , continuously spins