Unit 2 Vocabulary
Across
- 3. the sun, its planets, and all other objects in orbit around the sun or planets.
- 6. one orbit of an object in space around another object in space.
- 7. relating to or determined by the sun.
- 9. each of the appearances of the moon or a planet according to the amount of its illumination.
- 10. stored energy an object has because of its position or shape.
- 12. determined by or resembling the moon.
- 13. spinning of a planet, moon, sun, or other object around its axis.
- 15. path an object in space follows as it revolves around another object.
- 16. regular changes in the moon's appearance, as seen from Earth.
- 18. force of attraction between any two objects.
- 19. occurs when the moon passes through the Earth's shadow.
- 20. when one solar object passes between the Sun and another object, casting a shadow.
Down
- 1. a series of events that are regularly repeated in the same order.
- 2. an oval, the shape of the orbits of the planets.
- 4. occurs when the moon passes between the Earth and the Sun, blocking the Sun's light from Earth.
- 5. how things are arranged in space.
- 8. the energy possessed by an object due to its position relative to other objects.
- 11. to apply
- 14. a force that tends to move objects towards each other.
- 17. a group of related objects that function together as a whole.