Across
- 2. is a force of attraction between two objects.
- 7. is when energy heats the sun so much that it causes particles to explode into outer space
- 8. is the curved path of an object around a star, a planet, or a moon
- 9. It is the farthest planet from the sun
- 11. is a satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet
- 12. It is the movement of one object around another object.
- 13. is a huge ball of very hot matter that gives off energy.
- 14. it is the hottest planet in the solar system
- 15. is smallest of the inner planets
- 16. is an imaginary line that goes through the center of an object.
- 17. it is the largest of the inner planets
Down
- 1. is the distance light travels in one year (9 trillion km)
- 3. It is the spinning of Earth and other bodies in space on an axis
- 4. is the layer that we see when we look at the sun
- 5. They are chunks of rock that measure in size from a meter to several kilometers in diameter.
- 6. It is the fifth planet from the sun
- 10. They are chunks of ice and dust or rock that have stretched out orbits around the sun.
- 11. known as the red planet
