The Solar System

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Across
  1. 3. The North and South poles are colder because they receive less solar __________ than regions surrounding the equator.
  2. 4. A small object that orbits a larger object in space
  3. 5. The planets move in an ____________ orbit around the Sun.
  4. 9. The actual shape of the Earth, due to swelling around the equator caused from the strong outward force of the Earth's rotation (2 words).
  5. 11. "Cosmic snowballs" made of ice, dust, and rock that orbit the sun.
  6. 13. The scientific name for a "shooting star", or a chunk of rock or metal from space that falls through the atmosphere.
Down
  1. 1. The Earth is divided into two North and South _____________.
  2. 2. A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another object.
  3. 6. Small, rocky bodies that orbit (travel around) the sun.
  4. 7. An exploding ball of burning gas held together by gravity.
  5. 8. The 23.5 degree _____ of the Earth's axis as it rotates around the Sun, causing the seasons.
  6. 10. Our solar system's star, the _____.
  7. 12. The large round object that circles the Earth and shines at night by reflecting light from the Sun. It is a natural satellite.