Patterns in the Night Sky Vocabulary Quiz

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Across
  1. 2. the star at the center of our solar system that supplies heat and light to Earth; its gravity keeps the system in orbit
  2. 3. the path one object takes as it revolves around another object in space
  3. 7. bowl-shaped indents or cavities on the surface of a planet that are caused by a collision with another object
  4. 9. to spin around an axis
Down
  1. 1. a natural satellite that orbits a planet
  2. 2. a ball of burning gas in space that gives off light
  3. 4. the complete orbit around the sun
  4. 5. a line, real or imaginary, around which something spins
  5. 6. planet in our solar system that has life on it; 3rd planet from the sun
  6. 8. a force that pulls objects toward the center of the Earth