Solar System: AISD

1. Space Science
Weather & Climate

2. The change of water from
one state to another as it
moves between Earth’s
surface and the atmosphere

3. Water cycle

4. The falling of water back to
the Earth in the form of a
liquid

6. The process of changing
from a liquid to a gas;
formation of a cloud in the
water cycle

8. The process of changing
from a liquid to a gas

10. The weather of an area over
a long period of time
(many years)

11. Climate

12. The condition of the
atmosphere at a place for a
short period of time

14. A tool for measuring the
amount of precipitation
which has fallen in the area

15. Rain Gauge

16. A tool used to show the
direction from which the
wind is coming

17. Weather vane

18. The air that surrounds the
Earth

20. All the liquid water and ice
on Earth’s Surface and liquid
water in the ground

22. A tool used to measure
temperature

23. Thermometer

24. The different appearances
of the moon throughout the
month, which last 28 days

25. Phases of the moon

26. Earth rotates once on its
axis every ________ .

27. 24 hours

28. The path that one object in
space takes around another
object in space

29. Orbit

30. An imaginary line that passes
through Earth’s center

31. Axis

32. An instrument that consist
of a magnetized needle
balanced in the center that
detects magnetic fields

33. Compass

34. A medium sized star, at the
center of our solar system,
and is the center of Earth’s
rotation

35. Sun

36. The effect of the moon’s
gravitational pull on the
oceans

37. Tides

38. Powerful releases of energy
that shoot from the sun into
space

40. One object in space casting
its shadow on another object
in space

42. The spinning of a planet or
moon on its axis, and causes
day and night

44. One complete trip of Earth
that lasts 365 days

46. Mercury – Venus – Earth –
Mars - Jupiter – Saturn –
Uranus – Neptune
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48. An object in space that
produces its own heat and
light and made mostly of
gases

50. The cause of Earth’s seasons
is the ____________ .

51. Tilt of Earth’s axis

52. The moon revolves around
the ________ .

53. Earth

54. A ball of dust and gases
that develop a tail when it
passes close to the sun

56. The study of space science