Earth Science Unit 1 Vocabulary Introduction to Earth Science and Astronomy

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Across
  1. 1. the planet we live on
  2. 5. not quite a circle but a semicircle
  3. 9. a explanation or an educated guess
  4. 12. the curved shape of the moon (waxing)
  5. 16. wavelengths of visible light/no color
  6. 17. usually made of ice and dust orbiting
  7. 18. representing the suns center/measure
  8. 20. makes things visible in the dark
  9. 21. something moving around a center or axis
  10. 22. it is the fourth state of matter
  11. 23. a color at the end of the spectrum
  12. 25. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space
  13. 27. an imaginary line where things rotate
  14. 28. needing or requiring someone or somethin
  15. 35. science that has to do with the ocean
  16. 36. free from outside control
Down
  1. 2. a force to overthrow an order or system
  2. 3. an oval traced by a point moving plane
  3. 4. a star that suddenly increases in light
  4. 5. a state of matter where it is expanded
  5. 6. a really big asteroid belt, in solar sys
  6. 7. something relating to earth and life
  7. 8. the center of an atom is their nucleus
  8. 10. science that has to do with the weather
  9. 11. relating to electric currents/magnetic
  10. 13. much smaller in size than usual
  11. 14. Science that has to do with earth
  12. 15. to influence someone or something
  13. 19. a cavity in the ground or surface
  14. 24. representing the earths center/measure
  15. 26. a series of star types/ where they are
  16. 27. science that has to do with space
  17. 29. small rocky body orbiting the sun
  18. 30. the darkest color with no color/light
  19. 31. something that has to do with the moon
  20. 32. relating to something with the sun
  21. 33. particle about the same mass as a proto
  22. 34. a large incandescent body like the sun