Earth in Space Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 5. a large, round body that revolves around a star
  2. 7. a chunk of frozen gases, rock, ice, and dust that orbits the sun
  3. 8. large, gas planets located outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune)
  4. 11. rocky planets located inside the asteroid belt (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)
Down
  1. 1. Made up of a star and the planets and other space objects that revolve around it
  2. 2. the turning of an object on its axis
  3. 3. a group of billions of stars, the objects that orbit the stars, gas, and dust
  4. 4. the motion of one object around another object (ORBIT)
  5. 6. huge balls of hot, glowing gases that produce their own heat and light
  6. 9. rock and iron objects that orbit the sun
  7. 10. a natural object that revolves around a planet