Year 7 Astronomy

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Across
  1. 2. The shape of Earth's orbit around the sun.
  2. 6. What is the current ____ of the moon?
  3. 7. The model where the Earth and other planets orbit the sun.
  4. 9. 2 days of the year with the most and least sunlight.
  5. 11. A planet is a ______ body.
  6. 12. The study of the stars, planets and non-earthly bodies.
  7. 13. What is the curved path of a satellite (eg. a planet) around another called?
Down
  1. 1. What killed the dinosaurs?
  2. 3. In the ____ model, the sun, moon and stars orbit the Earth.
  3. 4. What keeps the Earth curving around the Sun, and not just moving in one direction through space?
  4. 5. A dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  5. 8. A group of stars that forms a picture in the sky.
  6. 10. Two days of the year when day & night are the same length.