OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Across
- 2. the lowest layer of the atmosphere
- 3. the scientist that the Oort Cloud was named after
- 4. based off of the constellation Perseus
- 6. cross the Earth’s orbit and spend most of their time in Earth’s orbit
- 7. amount of light reflected by a planet or celestial body
- 8. “dirty snowball”
- 10. a process in finding the epicenter of an earthquake
- 12. Philippine Area of Responsibility
- 15. when a meteor survives frictional heating and strikes ground
- 17. a tropical cyclone formed in the North Atlantic Ocean
- 18. “shooting star”
- 19. scale used to measure magnitude
- 20. series of huge waves caused by an earthquake underneath the ocean
- 22. meteor showers coming from the debris of asteroid 3200 Phaeton
- 23. tropical cyclones are commonly known as - in the Philippines
- 25. the type of wave that has the greatest amplitude
- 26. based off the constellation Orion
- 27. the type of wave that gets recorded first
- 30. comets that complete their orbit in 200 years or less
- 31. area where tropical cyclones form
- 33. comets that complete their orbit in more than 200 years
- 34. a tropical cyclone formed in the Southwest Indian Ocean
Down
- 1. celestial event in which several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere
- 5. slowest among seismic waves
- 6. where most asteroids are located (between Mars and Jupiter)
- 9. used to detect, measure, and record seismic activity
- 11. the solid mass of a comet that is composed of ice, gas, and dust
- 13. NEA’s
- 14. the scientist that the Kuiper Belt was named after
- 16. waves recorded second by a seismograph
- 21. meteor showers coming from the debris of asteroid 2003EH1
- 24. based off the constellation Leo
- 28. the force used to create a reverse fault
- 29. scale used to measure intensity
- 32. point in which earthquakes originate