Solar System and Earth Ch 6-7
Across
- 1. Region around Earth controlled by its magnetic field
- 3. A body that orbits the Sun but has not cleared its orbit
- 4. Lowest layer of Earths atmosphere
- 5. Layer of Earth between the crust and core
- 11. Shaking of Earths surface caused by sudden rock movement
- 13. Southern hemisphere version of auroras
- 14. Light display in Earths sky caused by charged particles
- 15. Rocky planets like Earth and Mars
- 17. Force that pulls objects toward each other
- 19. Supercontinent that existed millions of years ago
- 21. Mass per unit volume of a substance
- 23. Largest object in the asteroid belt
- 25. Small rocky bodies orbiting the Sun
- 27. Region beyond Neptune with many icy objects
- 28. Large planet mostly made of hydrogen and helium
- 29. Electrically charged layer of the upper atmosphere
- 30. Middle layer of the atmosphere above the stratosphere
- 31. Large gas planets like Jupiter and Saturn
- 32. Cloud of gas and dust that formed the solar system
- 33. Clouds of gas and dust between stars
Down
- 2. Disk of gas and dust around a young star
- 6. Movement of large sections of Earths crust
- 7. Rise and fall of sea level caused by the Moon and Sun
- 8. Spherical shell of icy objects far from the Sun
- 9. When a planet passes in front of its star
- 10. Icy object that forms a tail near the Sun
- 12. Light bending around a massive object
- 16. Method of detecting exoplanets by observing star motion
- 18. Instrument that measures Earths shaking
- 20. Planets that orbit stars outside our solar system
- 22. Small bodies that can merge to form planets
- 24. The Sun and all objects that orbit it
- 25. Growth of objects by collecting material
- 26. Fast seismic waves that travel through solids and liquids
- 29. Large planet with icy elements like methane