Unit 4 Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 7. – a space rock that is in earth’s atmosphere
  2. 8. motion – the way something appears to move
  3. 10. year – the distance light travels in one year (6 trillion miles)
  4. 12. – a complete pass around the sun
  5. 13. - stars, dust and gas held together by gravity
  6. 14. – a large round object in space
Down
  1. 1. – patterns in the stars
  2. 2. – the path a revolving object follows
  3. 3. – meteor that strikes earth’s surface
  4. 4. – a sphere of hot gas that gives off light and heat
  5. 5. – a force of attraction, or pull, between any two objects
  6. 6. – a complete spin on the axis
  7. 9. phases – apparent shapes of the moon in the sky
  8. 11. – regular rise and fall of water along the shore