Tides, Gravity, and the Solar System

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Across
  1. 3. A natural satellite that orbits an object other than a star.
  2. 4. An attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass.
  3. 5. The daily rise and fall of the ocean.
  4. 7. small, rocky particles that move freely through space.the
  5. 11. The average height of the ocean
  6. 12. Small, rocky objects that orbit the sun.
  7. 14. What a meteoroid is called when it enters earth's atmosphere.
  8. 15. The largest tidal range; occurs when the moon, sun, and earth are in a line.
Down
  1. 1. small, rocky, ICY objects that orbit the sun.
  2. 2. The difference between high and low tide on any given day is called the Tidal _________.
  3. 6. An object that orbits the sun, is nearly spherical in shape, but share their orbital path with other objects in space.
  4. 8. Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, Neptune
  5. 9. An object that orbits the sun, is nearly spherical in shape, and has no other objects in its orbital path.
  6. 10. The lowest tidal range; occurs when the moon, sun, and earth are at ninety degree angle.
  7. 13. Earth, Mars, Mercury, Venus are known as the __________ Planets.