Solar System
Across
- 3. is a physical model,of an object that is larger or smaller than the actual size of the object, which seeks to maintain the relative proportions of the physical size of the original object.
- 7. the clockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planet's North Pole
- 10. a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space
- 11. the average distance between the earth and the sun approximately 150 million km
- 12. a large spherical celestial body that regularly rotates around a star
- 16. the counterclockwise spin of a planet or moon as seen from above the planet's North Pole
- 18. rough measurement using depth perception as how something far something far from the viewer looks small
- 22. a small, rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in a band between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter
- 23. The distance that light travels in one year; 9.46 trillion km
- 24. a natural or artificial body tht revolves around a planet
- 25. area of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter filled with astroids.
- 26. a relatively small,rocky body that travels through space
Down
- 1. a large,reddish star late in its life cycle
- 2. a region in space where stars are born or where stars explode at the end of their lives
- 4. The distance that light travels in one minute;18,000,000km
- 5. a small,hot,dim star that is the leftover center of an old star
- 6. a small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust that follows an elliptical orbit around the sun and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun
- 8. one of highly dense planets nearest the sun:Mercury,Venus,Earth,and Mars
- 9. a planet that has a deep,massive atmosphere,such as Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,or Neptune
- 13. celestial body that is nearly spherical but doesn't meet requirement to be a planet
- 14. a meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely
- 15. a bright streak of light that results when a meteoroid burns up in the Earth's atmosphere
- 17. a collection of stars,dust,and gas bound together by gravity
- 19. a mixture of gasses that surrounds a planet or moon
- 20. the sun, the planets,and many more small objects
- 21. width of a circle