Across
- 3. is the object that orbits the Earth.
- 5. is when the Earth completes one full spin on its axis. This would be equal to one day.
- 7. is the force that pulls one object towards another object. The Earth pulls objects towards its core.
Down
- 1. is the largest star in our solar system.
- 2. is an imaginary line that horizontally splits the Earth in half. It tells us where the Sun directly hits the Earth and where the hottest areas would be.
- 4. is the path an object takes as it travels around another object. An example would be the Earth traveling around the sun.
- 5. is when an object makes one complete trip around an object in a circular path. An example would be when Earth makes one complete trip around the sun and has 365 1/4 days.
- 6. is an imaginary, tilted line that runs vertically through the North and South Poles of the Earth.