Term 4 Vocabulary
Across
- 1. a mass of gas and ice that revolves around the Sun.
- 4. satellite a round celestial body that moves around a planet.
- 5. one full spin of an object on its own axis.
- 9. Planets are made of gases or ice and are large – Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
- 10. when any object moves around another object.
- 12. Planets are rocky and have a small size – Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars.
- 14. band of rocks that revolve around the Sun in a zone between Mars and Jupiter.
- 15. telescope uses mirrors, lenses or a combination of both, to catch light waves from objects in space.
- 16. bowlshaped features we see on the Moon.
- 18. of the Moon the different shapes of the Moon that we see at different times of the month.
- 20. plains a flat area.
Down
- 2. rocks that have been moving through the Solar System for millions of years.
- 3. Square Kilometre Array.
- 6. a piece of equipment used to see things far away. A telescope makes objects appear closer as it magnifies the object being looked at.
- 7. Body any object found in space like asteroids, planets, moons and stars.
- 8. must have a round shape, be large enough and must not go into the orbit of another planet. It must revolve around a star.
- 11. telescope uses a dish that collects and concentrates radio waves from objects in space.
- 13. South African Large Telescope.
- 17. robots that has been used to visit and explore the surface of Mars.
- 19. System all of the planets, moons and other objects that move around the Sun.