Solar System
Across
- 5. a piece of rock or metal from space that enters Earth's atmosphere
- 7. a rocky object that orbits the Sun, found mostly in the region between Mars and Jupiter
- 9. the movement of an object around another object. The earth revolves around the sun.
- 10. a large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light on its own
- 11. a path of an object as it circles around another object in outer space
- 13. when an object spins on its axis
Down
- 1. When a meteoroid lands on the Earth's surface
- 2. a small object in space that orbits a star and is made of ice, dust particles, and frozen gases
- 3. A huge ball of gases that makes its own heat and light
- 4. a natural force that pulls two objects toward one another
- 6. a natural object that revolves around a planet
- 8. the Sun and the planets and other objects that orbit the Sun
- 12. the only planet in the solar system on which life is known to exist