Across
- 3. The scientist who suggested that the planets orbit in an elliptical orbit.
- 7. The model of the solar system with the sun at the centre.
- 11. The third planet from the sun.
- 12. Day and night occur because of the __________ of the Earth on its axis.
- 14. When an aircraft is travelling at a constant speed in the air, the forces acting on the aircraft are _____________.
- 15. The force that keeps planets in orbit.
- 16. A force is a push or ________
Down
- 1. A force can change the shape, speed or __________ of an object.
- 2. The distance light travels in one year.
- 4. The largest planet in our solar system.
- 5. The model of the solar system in which the Earth is at the centre and all the planets orbit around the Earth.
- 6. The galaxy that Earth is in.
- 8. The time taken for the Earth to orbit around the sun is one _____.
- 9. The scientist who invented the telescope.
- 10. The planet closest to the sun.
- 13. The north end of a bar magnet will ___________ the south end of another bar magnet.
- 15. A cluster of solar systems held together by gravity.
