Across
- 6. Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
- 9. the inner planet furthest from the sun
- 10. A synonym for how big or how much space something takes up. Is not related to gravity
- 11. Studied the solar system
- 13. the planet that is the furthest out
- 14. system a sun or star and the planets around it.
- 17. the largest planet
- 18. when a planet spins on its axis, responsible for day and night
Down
- 1. a nearly circular oval
- 2. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
- 3. the imaginary line that passes through the center of the planet
- 4. Means to get bigger or further
- 5. when ____ gets bigger or increases, the gravity also gets bigger
- 7. a property of matter that pulls things together
- 8. when distance increases the gravity will
- 12. Planet closest to the sun
- 15. when one object travels around another object
- 16. the label or unit for gravity
