Space Crossword
Across
- 3. Going around an object. Ex: Earth does this around the Sun
- 5. When we get the most, or least amount of sunlight. One in summer, and one in winter.
- 7. Spinning around an axis/pole. Causes day and night
- 12. A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
- 13. Has a solstice, coldest season, after fall
- 14. The hottest of our 8 planets
- 16. When a "shooting star" reaches Earth's surface we call it this...
- 18. The point in which planets spin/rotate
- 20. The smallest dwarf planet that orbits the sun in the asteroid belt
- 22. The 7th planet from the sun
- 23. Object with gravity so strong nothing can escape it
- 24. When both hemispheres get the same amount of sunlight. One in spring, one in fall.
- 27. The study of space and anything outside Earth's atmosphere
- 28. Blocking sunlight from another object
- 29. The smallest of our 8 planets
- 30. A dwarf planet that used to be the 9th planet
- 33. Rocky object that orbits a star. There is a belt of them.
- 35. "Shooting Star" as objects enter Earth's atmosphere and begin to burn up
- 36. The 3rd planet from the sun
- 37. Ball of burning gas that release heat and energy
- 39. The change in weather due to Earth's tilt of 23.5 degrees
Down
- 1. Small rocky object that hasn't cleared its orbital path, orbits at an angle, and very small
- 2. Equal to 6 Trillion Miles
- 4. Ball of ice and dust that orbits a star
- 5. During the equinox, the season that comes after winter
- 6. Pattern of stars that were used to tell us direction and time of year
- 8. Where everything is. Its huge!
- 9. Device used to observe distant objects in space
- 10. The largest of our 8 planets
- 11. A gas giant with significant rings
- 15. The 8th planet from the sun
- 17. System of millions or billions of stars, along with gas and dust around a blackhole
- 19. Has a solstice, Warmest season, comes after spring
- 21. System of planets, and their moons around a star
- 25. During an equinox, and comes after summer
- 26. A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
- 29. Objects that orbit a planet
- 30. Objects that orbit a star
- 31. The 4th planet from the sun
- 32. The largest dwarf planet and takes 557 Earth years to complete one orbit around the sun
- 34. Man-Made object sent into space to collect data and information
- 38. Uses thrust to propel itself through space