Solar System

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Across
  1. 3. planet closest to the sun
  2. 4. 2nd planet from the sun. Hottest planet in our solar system.
  3. 6. 4th planet from the sun. Also called the red planet.
  4. 7. A very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel.
  5. 9. A long period of dry weather
  6. 16. A bowl-shaped area on the surface of a planet or moon.
  7. 21. A large body in space that orbits a star. Our solar system has 8, plus the dwarf planet.
  8. 22. a round model of the Earth
  9. 23. A giant ball of hot gas in space.
  10. 24. 6th planet from the sun. Gas giant. Known for its rings.
  11. 25. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  12. 28. Occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun. SEM ( sun, Earth, moon)
  13. 29. A natural body orbiting around a planet.
  14. 30. 3rd planet from the sun. Only planet with water and living things.
  15. 35. or moon.
  16. 37. 8th planet from the sun
  17. 38. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
  18. 39. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush, due to dry /drought land.
  19. 40. A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center
  20. 43. The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space
  21. 44. The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that orbit around it
  22. 46. Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
  23. 47. all objects seen in the sky (the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets)
  24. 48. A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.
  25. 49. A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Down
  1. 1. of axis 23.5 degrees
  2. 2. half of the earth
  3. 5. A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows
  4. 8. An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
  5. 10. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
  6. 11. When the moon blocks the sun, happens during a new moon. SME ( sun, moon, earth)
  7. 12. All of space and everything in it
  8. 13. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
  9. 14. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
  10. 15. The movement of an object as it turns or spins around an axis. 24 hours = 1 day
  11. 17. 5th planet from the sun. Largest planet in our solar system. Gas Giant.
  12. 18. 7th planet from the sun
  13. 19. Point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length
  14. 20. A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface.
  15. 26. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
  16. 27. The movement of one object around another central object. 365 Days/ 1 year to revolve around the sun.
  17. 30. oval
  18. 31. the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision
  19. 32. Main source of energy for life on earth.
  20. 33. The star at the center of our solar system
  21. 34. A chunk of rock or dust in space
  22. 36. intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics
  23. 41. The imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles.
  24. 42. An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
  25. 44. Point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another
  26. 45. a small rocky body orbiting the sun