Objective – Use precise scientific language in oral and written communication.
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Solar System Unit Vocabulary
Complete the puzzle using the clues shown below.
Across
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3. The pull that gravity has on an object
4. The amount of matter in an object.
7. The measurement of the amount of space between objects.
8. A push or a pull.
9. Objects are made of ice, dust, and gases that orbit the Sun and form a tail
as it passes close to the Sun.
Objective – Use precise scientific language in oral and written communication.
Down
1. Celestial objects that revolve around the Sun and do not produce their
own light.
2. The system made of eight planets and other objects that all orbit the Sun;
the Sun is also part of the Solar System.
5. Irregular pieces of rock moving through space in an area between the
planets Mars and Jupiter.
6. The power that attracts one object to another.
Asteroids
Comets
Distance
Force
Mass
Gravitational Force Planets
Gravity
Solar System
Objective – Use precise scientific language in oral and written communication.
Solar System Unit Vocabulary – Key