Across
- 2. everything that exists; all matter and energy; also includes all of space and time.
- 4. sometimes called Earth’s “sister planet.”
- 8. an object, either natural or human made, that orbits a larger object.
- 9. dark, solid, flat areas of lava
- 10. holds our planet together
- 11. an imaginary line that runs from the North Pole to South Pole through the center of Earth.
Down
- 1. has a very short year, orbiting the Sun in just 88 Earth days
- 3. aka terrestrial planets
- 5. the four large, gaseous planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune - located beyond the asteroid belt in our solar system.
- 6. made of dust and other small particles
- 7. scientists who study the universe beyond Earth, such as the universe, galaxies, and stars.