Year 7 Astronomy

2. The shape of Earth's orbit around the sun.
6. What is the current ____ of the moon?
7. The model where the Earth and other planets orbit the sun.
9. 2 days of the year with the most and least sunlight.
11. A planet is a ______ body.
12. The study of the stars, planets and non-earthly bodies.
13. What is the curved path of a satellite (eg. a planet) around another called?

1. What killed the dinosaurs?
3. In the ____ model, the sun, moon and stars orbit the Earth.
4. What keeps the Earth curving around the Sun, and not just moving in one direction through space?
5. A dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
8. A group of stars that forms a picture in the sky.
10. Two days of the year when day & night are the same length.