Unit 13 Terminology

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Across
  1. 3. This planet is considered the hottest due to clouds
  2. 6. These are the four inner planets (Mercury/Venus/Earth/Mars).
  3. 7. This planet is tilted on its side
  4. 8. The movement of an object around another (a planet around the sun)
  5. 10. The largest planet; known for having a giant red storm
  6. 12. Once considered a planet but is know classified as a dwarf planet
  7. 15. The last planet in the solar system
  8. 17. this is a meteoroid that has broken through Earth's atmosphere and will hit the surface of the Earth
  9. 18. These are the four outer planets (Jupiter/Saturn/Uranus/Neptune). They are characterized by having freezing temperatures, rings, and many moons.
Down
  1. 1. The closest planet to the sun
  2. 2. Space rock that is smaller than an asteroid
  3. 4. Nicknamed "The Red Planet"
  4. 5. A unit of measurement within the solar system...equal to the distance of the sun and the Earth
  5. 8. the movement of a planet around its axis
  6. 9. An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
  7. 11. The only planet with life
  8. 13. The only planet with visible rings
  9. 14. The location of many asteroids found within our solar system; situated between Mars and Jupiter
  10. 16. A small mass of dust and ice that travels in an orbit around the sun