Earth - Sun - Moon Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. system the sun with all the planets and all the bodies that revolve around it
  2. 4. a cluster of stars, dust, and gasses that are held together by gravity
  3. 6. the conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
  4. 7. half a sphere; the earth is split into two hemispheres - North and South
  5. 9. a measure of the relative distance north or south of the equator
  6. 11. object in space made up of gasses such as hydrogen and helium that produce light and energy.
  7. 12. all of space and everything in it including the solar system, moon, planets, stars, etc.
  8. 13. the imaginary straight line on which the Earth spins, giving us night and day
  9. 14. an object that revolves around a planet and reflects light from the sun
Down
  1. 1. pattern of weather over time in a specific location
  2. 3. an inner planet
  3. 5. Earth revolves around the sun; one revolution around the sun is one year
  4. 6. the conditions of the atmosphere at a certain time and place
  5. 8. a body or object in space that revolves around a star and has spherical shape
  6. 10. a latitudinal line that is equal distance from the north and south poles
  7. 11. divisions of the year that have different weather patterns due to the Earth’s changing position