Space Unit Review
Across
- 2. When the Earth blocks out the sun and casts a shadow on the Moon.
- 4. The basic element that makes up all stars.
- 7. Pluto is an example.
- 9. The space-telescope that has discovered hundreds of planets outside our solar system.
- 11. Earth has a northern one and a southern one.
- 12. when the earth, sun and moon form a straight line, and produce extreme high and low tides.
- 15. Where stars are "born".
- 17. The unit we use to measure distances between stars.
- 18. The most common type of star in the universe.
- 20. The unit we use to measure distances in the solar system.
- 21. The curved path an object takes around a planet or star.
Down
- 1. A small space rock that has fallen to Earth.
- 3. When the moon blocks out the sun and casts a shadow on the Earth.
- 5. Created by the collapse of very big stars; a point of infinite gravity/density.
- 6. The tilt of the earth produces these.
- 8. The small, hot, dense "skeleton" of a star.
- 10. the type of wave energy we use to communicate in space.
- 13. The force that pulls objects with mass together.
- 14. The large type of star our Sun will turn into when it reaches the end of its life.
- 16. The planet with the most moons in the solar system.
- 19. A powerful burst of energy from the Sun.