Across
- 3. Any circle drawn around Earth divides it into two equal halves
- 6. a natural satellite which orbits the Earth and is about one quarter the size of Earth
- 9. it is the path the Earth takes around the sun. The Earth makes an elliptical (almost circular) shape orbit.
- 10. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a moon, planet, or star
- 11. the Earth moving around the sun; this takes Earth 365 ¼ days (one year) to complete
- 13. Earth’s closest star and the center of our Solar System
- 14. A celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such.
Down
- 1. A small rocky body orbiting the sun
- 2. An object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust, may have a tail.
- 4. the Earth spinning around its axis; this takes Earth 24 hours (1 day) to complete
- 5. The collection of eight planets and their moons in the orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
- 7. an imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles
- 8. A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth’s atmosphere , becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
- 12. the way in which the Earth slants on its axis