Across
- 5. gravity attracts all things on our planet to the ____ of Earth
- 7. number of minutes it takes light to travel from the sun to Earth
- 8. where the sun rises
- 9. one thing the sun provides for us
- 13. this orbits the Earth
- 14. the gravitational ____ keeps the moon orbiting the Earth
- 15. where the sun sets
- 17. a path around something
- 18. the closest, average-sized star to Earth
- 19. number of hours it takes Earth to complete a day and night cycle
Down
- 1. when the North Pole has summer, the South Pole has _____
- 2. 365.25 days
- 3. one thing the sun provides for us
- 4. length of time it takes the moon to orbit the Earth
- 6. a full trip the Earth makes around the sun
- 10. seasons are caused by the ____ of the Earth on its axis
- 11. the number of stars in our solar system
- 12. when shadows are the longest
- 16. force that holds our solar system in place
- 18. the Earth _____ on its axis