The Solar System

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Across
  1. 6. Bodies of frozen gas, rock, and dust which orbit the Sun.
  2. 8. This happens when our moon passes between the Earth and the Sun.
  3. 9. The eight main objects orbiting the Sun.
  4. 10. Force that keeps orbiting objects from flying off into space.
Down
  1. 1. Light travels from the Sun to Earth in eight __.
  2. 2. Natural objects which orbit most of the planets.
  3. 3. Storms on the Sun's surface which creates cooler, darker areas.
  4. 4. The object at the center of our solar system.
  5. 5. A chunk of rock which burns up as it falls through a planet's atmosphere.
  6. 7. Our solar system is part of this galaxy.