Astronomy Unit 3 Vocabulary Review

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Across
  1. 4. The thin coating of dust that covers the moon
  2. 6. Celestial bodies with a core, coma, and tail
  3. 7. A meteoroid that actually hits Earth's surface
  4. 8. The scientist who discovered Jupiter's four biggest moons
  5. 9. The only celestial body to have active volcanoes
  6. 12. Fragments of rock that orbit the sun
  7. 14. Small bits of rock and metal that move throughout the solar system
  8. 15. One celestial body passing through the shadow of another
  9. 18. The light areas of the moon made from piles of rocks
Down
  1. 1. Anything that orbits a planet
  2. 2. A type of eclipse where the moon is between the Earth and the sun
  3. 3. 3/4 of the moon is illuminated
  4. 4. A backwards orbit
  5. 5. Saturn's largest moon
  6. 7. A naturally occuring satellite that has less mass than the planet its orbiting
  7. 10. Deep channels that look like dried riverbeds
  8. 11. The dark areas of the moon
  9. 13. A sliver of the moon is illuminated
  10. 16. A type of eclipse where the Earth is between the moon and the sun
  11. 17. Bowl-like indentations on the surface of the moon