Topic 11 Crossword

4. The very darkest part of the shadow where the light from the un is completely blocked
8. A cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun
12. One day per year when the sun appears highest in the sky
13. The oval shaped orbit of each planet
14. The spinning of Earth on it's axis
16. A body that orbits a planet
17. A giant ball of superheated gas, or plasma, composed of hydrogen and helium
18. Imaginary line that passes from the North Pole through the Earths center, to the South Pole
19. The tendency of an object to resist a change in motion
21. When an object in space comes between the sun and a third object, it cases a shadow on the third object causing this
22. An object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by it's own gravity, and has cleared the area of it's orbit of any debris
24. The force that attracts all objects toward each other
25. An Earth-centered model

1. States that every object in the universe attracts every other object
2. A tide with the most significant difference between consecutive low and high tides
3. The path around the sun
5. The rise and fall of ocean water that occur approximately every 12.5 hours
6. The different shapes of the moon you see
7. The movement of one object around another
9. A streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice, known as a meteoroid, burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere
10. A pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object
11. The area of the shadow where the sun is only partially blocked
15. A sun-centered model
20. A tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides
23. Halfway between the solstices when neither hemisphere is tilted toward the sun