G6 Earth & Beyond Crosword

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Across
  1. 4. What we call the different shapes of the Moon as the size of the reflecting and non-reflecting parts change.
  2. 6. the path of an object (eg. planet) that moves around a central body (eg. sun)
  3. 8. The planet closest to the Sun
  4. 10. The force that causes the planets to orbit the Sun
  5. 13. The time for one complete orbit.
  6. 15. Bodies that orbit the earth
  7. 17. A flattened circle
  8. 18. Caused by the pull of gravity from both the Sun and the Moon
Down
  1. 1. When the moon is completely in the Earth's shadow (2 words)
  2. 2. The biggest planet in the solar system
  3. 3. What the outer 4 planets of the solar System are made of.
  4. 5. The sun and all the things which orbit it (2 words)
  5. 7. Bright streak in the sky produced by a large rock from space burning up in the atmosphere
  6. 8. Fourth planet from the Sun
  7. 9. The planet that is bigger than Mars, has rings around it and is full of gas.
  8. 11. When one body eg. Moon or Earth blocks light from the Sun and puts a shadow on another body
  9. 12. What is left of a meteor that does not burn up completely in the Earth's atmosphere
  10. 14. Small space objects that orbit between Mars and Jupiter.
  11. 16. number of planets in our solar system