Across
- 2. everything that can be seen, touched and sensed above Earth’s atmosphere
- 3. an object that moves around Earth that we see mostly at nighttime in phases
- 4. a giant ball of extremely hot gas that burns and gives off heat and light
- 5. us learn about space
- 6. a large piece of rock or metal flying in space that is left over from the planets
- 8. a force that weighs down objects
- 9. an object that moves around Earth and sends messages and pictures to
- 11. a large round object in space that follows a path and moves around a star like the Sun
- 13. an imaginary line objects in space follow as they move around a larger object
- 14. a group of objects in space, including the Sun and everything that moves around it
- 15. to spin on a center point
Down
- 1. to move around something in a circular path
- 2. a star in the center of the solar system that burns gas and gives off heat and light
- 4. a craft that is reused to carry people into space and back to Earth
- 7. a group of stars, planets, dust and gas
- 10. a tool that makes faraway objects look bigger and closer
- 12. a person who travels into space