Across
- 1. 2nd planet
- 5. I used to be a planet
- 6. the 8th planet
- 10. when the moon is becoming more and more lit
- 12. the shortest and longest days happen on the ____________
- 15. a system of organizing time, using days and months
- 16. when 3/4 of the moon is lit
- 17. the 7th planet
- 18. the movement of one object around another, Earth's takes 365 days
- 19. an object orbiting a star and is large enough to be rounded by its own gravity
- 21. a small object that burns up in our atmosphere
- 23. when 1/4 of the moon is lit
- 24. the red planet
Down
- 2. the 6th planet
- 3. mixture of ice and dust that has a long tail as it approaches the Sun
- 4. the biggest planet
- 7. when the moon is becoming less and less lit
- 8. a body that orbits a planet
- 9. Earth spins on its axis, this motion is called a ________.
- 11. a giant ball of hot gas
- 13. the day when there is exactly 12 hours of day and 12 hours of night
- 14. a pattern of stars that are imagined to look like people, animals, or things
- 20. only planet with discovered life
- 21. 1st planet
- 22. when the moon is completely in the dark