Across
- 2. the spiral galaxy to which our solar system belongs
- 5. An enormous hot ball of gas by gravity which produces energy through nuclear fusion reactions in its core.
- 7. an object in space mostly made of ice and dust
- 10. Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Jupiter\
- 13. The sun, planets, and their moons, and other objects that are gravitational to the sun.
- 14. A meteor that passes through earth's atmosphere and strikes the ground.
- 15. when the moon is not visible
Down
- 1. cycle of rising and falling sea levels that repeats every 12 hours.
- 3. The distance equal to 150 kilometers, or the distance from earth to the sun.
- 4. A Reaction that combine light elements such as hydrogen into heavier elements such as helium, releasing energy.
- 6. A group of stars, dust, gas, and other objects held together by gravitational forces.
- 8. A chunk of burning rock traveling through Earth's atmosphere
- 9. when the moon is fully visible
- 11. An object that orbits the sun, but is too small to be considered a planet.
- 12. the distance light travels through space in one year– 9.46x10 to the 12th power km.