Space Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. a huge, bright ball of burning gas that is held together by gravity
  2. 6. a burning object made of metal and rock in the Earth's atmoshere
  3. 9. a mettallic, rocky object that has made contact with earth's surface
  4. 13. The portion of the Moon that we can see from Earth on any given night is called the ___
  5. 14. the largest planet in the solar system
  6. 17. a natural satellite of the earth
  7. 18. a real or imaginary line on which something spins
  8. 20. an object orbiting a star that is large enough to be rounded in shape due to its own gravity
  9. 23. a galaxy that is in the shape of a pinwheel (Milky Way)
  10. 24. the phase of the moon when you do not see the moon
  11. 26. when a planet or moon turns all the way around or spins on its axis one time
  12. 29. is the center of our solar system and makes up 99.8 percent of the mass of the entire solar system
  13. 30. a galaxy with no predefined shape
  14. 31. complete or partial hiding of the Sun caused by the Moon's passing between the Sun and the Earth OR a darkening of the Moon caused by its entering the shadow of the earth
Down
  1. 1. all the objects that orbit around the Sun
  2. 3. the smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun
  3. 4. an object made up of rock, dust, ice, and frozen gases that orbits the Sun
  4. 5. the larger, lighter shadow created during a solar eclipse
  5. 7. when a planet or moon travels once around an object
  6. 8. during a total lunar eclipse, the moon looks this colour
  7. 10. third planet from the sun
  8. 11. when you are seeing more and more of the moon
  9. 12. small rock or piece of debris in our solar system
  10. 15. the small, very dark shadow created during a solar eclipse
  11. 16. is made up of everything that exists, including planets, stars, galaxies and all forms of matter and energy
  12. 19. has a spectacular ring system, with seven rings
  13. 21. small solar system bodies made of rock and metal which orbit the sun
  14. 22. when you are seeing less and less of the moon
  15. 25. the phase of the moon when you see the entire moon
  16. 27. the rising and falling of the surface of the ocean caused twice daily by the attraction of the sun and the moon
  17. 28. the planet rotates east to west and is unique in that it rotates on its side