Earth, Sun, Moon.
Across
- 3. To spin.
- 4. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 7. An imaginary line about which the Earth rotates.
- 8. A burning ball of gas.
- 11. The part of the earth's atmosphere which extends from the top of the troposphere to about 30 miles (50 kilometers) above the surface.
- 13. The laying down of sediment carried by wind, flowing water, the sea or ice.
- 14. The region of the earth's atmosphere above the stratosphere and below the thermosphere.
- 16. The planet we live on.
- 17. An imaginary line drawn around the earth equally distant from both poles, dividing the earth into northern and southern hemispheres and constituting the parallel of latitude 0°.
- 18. There are eight of these in our Solar System.
- 21. The lowest region of the atmosphere, extending from the earth's surface to a height of about 3.7–6.2 miles (6–10 km), which is the lower boundary of the stratosphere.
- 22. An astronomical event where the Moon moves into Earth's shadow, causing it to darken.
- 24. A celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet.
Down
- 1. A system of stars, planets, moons, and other objects, bound together by gravitational orbit.
- 2. The envelope of gases surrounding the earth or another planet.
- 4. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
- 5. The process of wearing or being worn by long exposure to the atmosphere.
- 6. Holes made by an asteroid or meteor.
- 9. To orbit.
- 10. The process of eroding or being eroded by wind, water, or other natural agents.
- 12. When the Moon blocks out the Sun.
- 15. The region of the atmosphere above the mesosphere and below the height at which the atmosphere ceases to have the properties of a continuous medium.
- 19. Earth's only natural satellite.
- 20. To follow a path.
- 23. The stellar object that the Earth revolves around