Vocabulary 4, Astronomy 3

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Across
  1. 3. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.
  2. 4. a spherical region that surrounds the solar system, that extends from the Kuiper Belt to almost halfway to the nearest star, and that contains billions of comets
  3. 7. a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice.
  4. 8. Based on the belief that the sun is the center of the universe
  5. 9. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  6. 10. The periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean
  7. 11. a small rocky body orbiting the sun
Down
  1. 1. the region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found
  2. 2. Caused by the tilt of Earth on its axis as it revolves around the Sun
  3. 5. A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.
  4. 6. A meteoroid that has hit earth's surface.