TERRESTRIAL | | Planet that is famous for its spectacular rings |
DAY | | The force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses |
MASS | | Smallest planet in the solar system |
OORT | | A natural or artificial body that revolves around larger bodies like planets |
GRAVITY | | "Sun ______" are cooler, dark spots on the sun |
CALENDAR | | Types of planets that are small, dense, and rocky |
EARTH | | Spectacular light shows caused by streams of particles that interact with Earth's upper atmosphere |
WEIGHT | | The study of all physical objects beyond Earth |
JANUARY | | Daily movements of ocean water that change the level of the ocean's surface |
ECLIPSE | | Planet with 63 total moons and a Great Red Spot that is a storm more than 400 years old |
ASTRONOMY | | The time require for Earth to rotate once on its axis |
SATURN | | Pertaining to the sky or visible heavens |
MERCURY | | A measure of gravitational force exerted on an object |
AURORAS | | Occurs when the shadow of one celestial body falls on another |
JUPITER | | Type of immense spherical cloud containing comets that surrounds our Solar System |
FLARES | | The closest star to Earth |
CELESTIAL | | A celestial body that is in orbit around the sun |
MONTH | | The time required for the Earth to orbit the sun once |
SATELLITE | | "Asteroid ______" - located between Mars and Jupiter |
GALILEO | | The amount of matter in an object, and its value does not change |
TIDES | | The month that the Earth is actually closest to the sun |
PLANET | | A system for organizing time |
SUN | | Only known location in the solar system that supports life |
MARS | | Giant storms on the surface of the sun are called "Solar __________" |
AXIS | | Roughly the amount of time required for the moon to orbit the Earth once |
SPOTS | | Called the "Red Planet" |
BELT | | Bright streak of light when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere |
METEOR | | Solid center of a comet |
YEAR | | The Earth is tilted on its _________ at 23.5 degrees |
NUCLEUS | | The first person to use a telescope to observe celestial bodies |