Topic 7 Space Quiz Review Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. Meteoroids that enter Earth's atmosphere
  2. 3. A body that orbits a planet
  3. 6. Small rocks with no orbit
  4. 8. A group of stars that make a pattern
  5. 11. Fill in the blank: Objects with more ________ will have a stronger gravitational attraction.
  6. 13. Small rocks that orbit the sun
  7. 14. Large celestial bodies that orbit the sun
  8. 16. The Sun is in the center of the solar system
Down
  1. 2. When an object spins on its axis (this determines day and night)
  2. 4. The Earth is in the center of the solar system
  3. 5. When one object moves around another object in space (this determines the time of year and the constellations you can see from Earth)
  4. 7. The force that attracts objects with mass toward each other
  5. 9. Meteors that hit the Earth's surface
  6. 10. Fill in the blank: It takes Earth, 365 ______ to orbit the sun.
  7. 12. Giant bodies of hot plasma
  8. 15. The imaginary line that runs through Earth's north pole, center, and south pole