Across
- 3. A small piece of rock orbiting the sun
- 5. Ice, dust and rock which orbit the sun. When they get close they melt and have a tail.
- 7. Pluto is a _____ planet
- 11. A cloud of gas and dust which will become a star
- 13. The terrestrial planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and _____
- 15. When the high tides are higher and the low tides are lower
- 18. A small asteroid
- 20. The shadow of the Earth stops light from reaching the moon during a _____ eclipse
- 21. It takes the Earth ____ hours to rotate
- 23. Using stars to predict people's everyday life (like a horoscope). It's not very scientific!
- 24. It takes the Earth one ____ to orbit the sun
Down
- 1. The first planet
- 2. Between the quarter and full moons
- 4. When the moon travels in front of the sun, blocking all light
- 6. A meteroid that has hit the Earth's surface
- 8. When the moon is getting smaller
- 9. When the moon is getting bigger
- 10. When the high tides are smaller and the low tides are higher
- 12. A meteoroid that has hit the Earth's atmosphere
- 14. What season is it in Australia if we are tilted towards the sun?
- 16. The study of space
- 17. When a big star explodes, it is called a _______
- 19. Spring tides happen during the new and the ____ moon
- 22. The sun sets in the _____