SOLAR SYSTEM AND THE EARTH'S MOVEMENTS
Across
- 6. A huge group of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity (like the Milky Way).
- 7. The time of day when the Sun disappears below the horizon in the evening.
- 8. The time of day when the Sun appears above the horizon in the morning.
- 9. The long trip Earth takes around the Sun, which takes one year (365 days).
Down
- 1. The invisible force that pulls objects toward each other and keeps planets around the Sun.
- 2. The spinning of Earth on its axis, which causes the cycle of day and night.
- 3. The imaginary line running through the center of the Earth from North Pole to South Pole.
- 4. A large, round body that travels around a star (like the Sun).
- 5. A division of the year (spring, summer, fall, winter) caused by the Earth's tilt and revolution.
- 10. The curved path a planet or moon follows as it goes around a star or planet.