Space Unit
Across
- 1. the tendency of something to stay in rest or in motion
- 6. the path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
- 7. occurs twice a year in summer and winter indicating the longest and shortest days
- 8. influence that results in motion or movement
- 9. a single complete turn of the Earth around the sun
- 10. the property of a body that causes it to have weight
- 12. any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star
- 15. a small frozen mass that travels around the sun
- 17. a system of timekeeping that defines divisions of the year
- 19. a celestial body that revolves around the sun
- 20. the second of Newton's laws
- 22. the imaginary straight line on with Earth rotates
- 23. the oval shape of the Earth's path as it orbits the sun
Down
- 2. the first of Newton's laws
- 3. the force of attraction between all masses in the universe
- 4. a celestial body of hot gases that radiates energy
- 5. a configuration of stars as seen from earth
- 11. the natural periods into which the year is divided by the equinoxes and solstices
- 13. occurs twice a year in fall and spring indicating the days of equal hours of day and night
- 14. the third of Newton's laws
- 16. the act of turning as if on an axis
- 18. a mass that enters earth's atmosphere becoming incandescent
- 21. the vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity