Across
- 3. planet closest to the sun
- 4. 2nd planet from the sun. Hottest planet in our solar system.
- 6. 4th planet from the sun. Also called the red planet.
- 7. A very heavy flow of water, which is greater than the normal flow of water and goes over the stream's normal channel.
- 9. A long period of dry weather
- 16. A bowl-shaped area on the surface of a planet or moon.
- 21. A large body in space that orbits a star. Our solar system has 8, plus the dwarf planet.
- 22. a round model of the Earth
- 23. A giant ball of hot gas in space.
- 24. 6th planet from the sun. Gas giant. Known for its rings.
- 25. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
- 28. Occurs at a full moon when Earth is directly between the moon and the sun. SEM ( sun, Earth, moon)
- 29. A natural body orbiting around a planet.
- 30. 3rd planet from the sun. Only planet with water and living things.
- 35. or moon.
- 37. 8th planet from the sun
- 38. a slide of large masses of snow and ice and mud down a mountain
- 39. a large, destructive fire that spreads quickly over woodland or brush, due to dry /drought land.
- 40. A severe storm that develops over tropical oceans and whose strong winds of more than 120 km/h spiral in toward the intensely low-pressure storm center
- 43. The study of the moon, stars, and other objects in space
- 44. The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that orbit around it
- 46. Earth has seasons because its axis is tilted as it moves around the sun.
- 47. all objects seen in the sky (the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets)
- 48. A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.
- 49. A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses.
Down
- 1. of axis 23.5 degrees
- 2. half of the earth
- 5. A ball of frozen dust and rock that orbits the sun and has a tail that glows
- 8. An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
- 10. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
- 11. When the moon blocks the sun, happens during a new moon. SME ( sun, moon, earth)
- 12. All of space and everything in it
- 13. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another
- 14. The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space
- 15. The movement of an object as it turns or spins around an axis. 24 hours = 1 day
- 17. 5th planet from the sun. Largest planet in our solar system. Gas Giant.
- 18. 7th planet from the sun
- 19. Point at which, everywhere on Earth, days and nights are nearly equal in length
- 20. A rapidly whirling, funnel-shaped cloud that reaches down to touch Earth's surface.
- 26. A tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans
- 27. The movement of one object around another central object. 365 Days/ 1 year to revolve around the sun.
- 30. oval
- 31. the striking of one object against another; the shock caused by a collision
- 32. Main source of energy for life on earth.
- 33. The star at the center of our solar system
- 34. A chunk of rock or dust in space
- 36. intense rainstorm with strong winds that forms over oceans in the tropics
- 41. The imaginary line that passes through Earth's center and the North and South poles.
- 42. An imaginary circle around the middle of the earth, halfway between the North Pole and the South Pole
- 44. Point at which days are longest in one hemisphere and shortest in another
- 45. a small rocky body orbiting the sun