Year 7 From Heaven to Earth
Across
- 2. the milky way is an example of this
- 4. found between mars and jupiter
- 5. the brightest planet in the sky
- 8. this month has an extra day every four years
- 12. another name for the layers of air surrounding the earth
- 14. the season when days are long and nights are short
- 16. this layer prevents harmful ultra violet light from entering the earth's atmosphere
- 17. the atoms of this gas are fusing together in the sun to produce helium
- 19. the path of a planet around the sun
- 20. a term to describe the upper half or lower half of the earth
- 23. this was once considered as the ninth planet in our solar system
- 24. the sun is an example of this
Down
- 1. the sun, the planets, the galaxies are all part of this.
- 3. a person who studies the stars and planets
- 6. the darker cooler areas of the sun
- 7. satellite of the earth
- 9. another term for the earth spinning on its axis to give us day and night
- 10. closest planet to the sun
- 11. the biggest planet in our solar system
- 13. these happen twice a day due to the gravitational pull of the moon
- 15. this appears in the sky with a long tail
- 18. third planet from the sun
- 21. the number of minutes it takes light to reach the earth from the sun
- 22. when the sun or moon is hidden from our view