Solar System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 3. Rocky bodies orbiting the sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
  2. 5. A push or a pull on an object.
  3. 6. The motion pathway of a solar system object through space in a curved shape around another object.
  4. 7. The lack of any air particles in a volume.
  5. 10. Small icy object orbiting the sun that may have a long “tail” or halo when closer to the Sun.
  6. 11. The forces caused by one surface or object rubbing against another as they move past each other.
Down
  1. 1. The size and distance of one object relative to another.
  2. 2. Friction forces that air particles apply against a moving object.
  3. 4. A property of matter that causes objects to continue in a state of motion or rest unless changed by a force.
  4. 8. A small rocky body that has entered Earth's atmosphere.
  5. 9. The force that attracts objects to the center of Earth or to the center of any other physical object with mass such as the Sun.