Space Glossary 1

Word Bank
Earth, Mars, Universe, artificial satellite, comet, day, galaxy, lunar eclipse, natural satellite, orbit, partial eclipse, season, terrestrial

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Across

3. The path taken by one body in space around another.

7. Changes in temperature during the year as the Earth moves around its orbit.

9. Made of rock.

11. A moon in orbit around a planet. (2 Words)

12. The time it takes a planet to make one full spin on its axis.

13. A solar eclipse where only part of the Sun is covered by the Moon. (2 Words)

Down

1. A rocky inner planet, fourth from the Sun in the Solar System.

2. A manmade spacecraft. (2 Words)

4. An eclipse that happens when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Moon. (2 Words)

5. A rocky inner planet, third from the Sun in the Solar System.

6. Everything that exists.

8. Dust particles frozen in ice that orbit the Sun.

10. A number of stars and the solar systems around them grouped together.

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