Unit 2: Solar System Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. feature that helps identify something
  2. 5. a celestial body that orbits the sun
  3. 6. the universal force of attraction between all objects
  4. 7. an object’s tendency to resist a change in motion
  5. 10. the layer of gas surrounding planet Earth or another planet, held in place by gravity
  6. 11. Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the sun; made up of materials similar to those that formed the planets
Down
  1. 1. remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of a planet or moon
  2. 3. in comparison to something else
  3. 4. A celestial body of ice, dust and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit
  4. 6. outer planets made mostly of gases
  5. 8. inner planets made mostly of rock;
  6. 9. the general makeup of something