Across
- 4. The Moon's gravitational pull causes _______
- 5. The gases at the ________ of the Sun rotate faster than the gases at the poles
- 7. The planets orbit the Sun because of ________
- 15. 4.6 billion years is the age of ... (three words, no spaces)
- 16. _______ may have formed when a large meteor hit the Earth (two words, no space)
- 17. The axis tilt is the reason we have ...
Down
- 1. The Sun is a ball of glowing _____
- 2. How much __________ objects contain influences gravitational attraction
- 3. Scientists think that gravity causes space to _______
- 6. An especially large collision caused the ... (two words, no space)
- 8. We have winter when the axis is tilted ____ from the sun
- 9. How long were days on early Earth? (two words, no space)
- 10. ___________ are the small, rocky objects left from the solar system formation
- 11. Sun scientists trek to __________ to study the sun in the summer
- 12. As the Sun spins it also _______
- 13. Which planet's days are most similar in length to Earth's?
- 14. Gravity ___________ with distance