Across
- 3. A streak of light in the sky when a meteoroid burns up in Earth’s atmosphere.
- 4. When a space rock hits Earth (or another planet).
- 5. When a space rock breaks apart into pieces, usually due to heat or forces.
- 6. Material thrown out of a crater when an asteroid or meteorite hits a surface.
- 8. A rocky object in space that orbits the Sun, usually found in the asteroid belt.
- 10. The path something travels through space, especially a moving space rock.
- 11. The curved path an object follows as it moves around a star or planet.
Down
- 1. A small rock in space, smaller than an asteroid.
- 2. A bowl-shaped hole in the ground caused by an impact.
- 4. Something that comes from outside our solar system, from the space between stars.
- 7. A space object made of ice, dust, and rock that forms a glowing tail when it gets close to the Sun.
- 9. A meteoroid that survives the fall through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.