vocab earth enviromental
Across
- 1. force which tries to pull two objects toward each other
- 4. distance measured in degrees east or west from the equator
- 6. the movement of one object around a center or another object
- 10. The belief that the Earth and other planets started from nebulae
- 11. cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases in a galaxy.
- 13. the sun passes directly over the equator
- 14. the time when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point at noon
- 15. idea that the Earth and other planets revolve around the Sun
- 16. meaurment of a part of the Earth in relation to the north or south of the Earth's equator
- 18. the motion of the axis of a spinning body
- 19. the center of mass of two or more bodies
- 21. the process or act of turning or circling around something
- 22. is the act of melting things together
Down
- 1. relating to, measured from, or as if observed from the earth's center
- 2. all matter, energy, planets, galaxies and space
- 3. a noticeable change in the frequency of sound, light or water waves
- 5. the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun
- 7. when the Moon passes directly behind Earth and into its shadow
- 8. group of many stars, with gas, dust, and dark matter
- 9. when the sun is covered completely by the moon
- 12. process in which a large nucleus splits into two smaller nuclei with the release of energy
- 17. accumulation of particles into a massive object by gravitationally attracting more matter
- 20. the rocking or swaying motion of the Earth