Earth Space Science

2. The color of the powder of a mineral when it is rubbed on a streak plate.
3. A force that pulls things to the center of the Earth.
5. A type of rock that forms from layers of sediment.
7. A large rocky object that orbits a planet.
10. The state of the atmosphere at a certain place and time.
11. A preserved organism in layers of sedimentary rock.
13. A ball of hot gases that gives off light and other energy.
16. A form of water (hail, rain, sleet, snow) that condenses in the atmosphere and falls to Earth.
17. The turning of an object on its axis.

1. The constant movement of Earth's water from the surface to the atmosphere and back again.
4. A type of rock formed by cooled magma.
5. A system of planets and other bodies that orbit a star.
6. The motion of one object around another object.
8. The process by which rocks and other surfaces are broken down.
9. A large nearly round space object that orbits a star.
12. The closest star to the Earth and the center of our solar system.
14. A star system that contains large groups of stars.
15. Everything that exists throughout space.