Across
- 2. A natural object that orbits a planet
- 6. Known for its rings
- 9. A model of the solar system with Earth at the center
- 13. Second planet from the Sun. Cloud covered and very bright
- 14. A medium sized star at the center of our solar system
- 16. A body that orbits a planet
- 20. The movement of one object around another
- 21. Closest to the Sun. Small rocky planet with craters
- 23. The measure of the amount of matter in an abject
- 24. The spinning of Earth around its axis
- 25. All of space and everything in it
- 26. An imaginary line through the center of the Earth. From North pole to South pole
- 27. Windy planet
- 29. The force of gravity on an object
- 31. The rise and fall of ocean water that occur approximately every 12.5 hours
- 34. Day and night are about 12 hours long each
- 35. An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared its orbit of debris
Down
- 1. The day of the year when the Sun is farthest north or south
- 3. Spherical object that orbits a star
- 4. Coldest planet
- 5. Massive, self-luminous body of gas
- 7. A ball of dust and ice that develops a tail as it passes the Sun
- 8. A pattern or group of stars that represents a figure
- 10. A curved path that a celestial body takes
- 11. Gas giant. Largest planet
- 12. Develops the Heliocentric Model
- 15. A force that makes objects pull toward each other
- 17. The pale blue dot
- 18. Includes the Sun, the planets, their moons, and everything else that revolves around the Sun
- 19. A model of the solar system with the Sun at the center
- 22. 4th planet from the Sun. Red planet
- 28. Earth has seasons because its axis is _____________
- 30. A system of dust, gas, and many millions of start
- 32. A giant ball of superheated gas or plasma
- 33. A small piece of rock or ice burning in Earth’s atmosphere
