Astronomy and space vocab test Crossword
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
                             
 
 
Down: 1) The movement of an object around another object.2) The scientific law that states that an object at rest will stay at rest and an object in motion will stay in motion with a constant speed and direction unless acted on by a force.5) Either of the two days of the year on which the sun reaches its greatest distance north or south of the equator.7) The path of an object as it revolves around another object in space8) Either of the two days of the year on which either hemisphere is tilted towards or away from the sun.11) The part of the shadow surrounding the the darkest part.13) A measure of the force of gravity on an object.14) The attractive force between objects; the force that moves an object downhill.15) The amount of matter in an object.18) A push or pull exerted on an object.19) The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another. Across: 3) A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, lengths, and divisions of a year.4) The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.6) The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon.9) The tendency of an object to resist change in motion.10) The darkest part of a shadow.11) One of the different apparent shapes of the moon seen from earth.12) The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object.16) An imaginary line that passes through a planet's center and it's north and south poles, about which the planet rotates.17) Dark, flat areas on the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows.20) A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.21) A chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid.22) The blocking of the sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth.
 

 

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