planets Crossword Puzzles

Asteroids and Meteors 2024-01-13

Asteroids and Meteors crossword puzzle
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  1. A meteor that reaches the Earth's surface
  2. prevents the asteroid from hitting minor planets
  3. The country that was hit by an asteroid in 2013
  4. A space rock made of debris from a comet and stays in outer space
  5. Largest meteorite
  6. dwarf planets or minor planets
  7. Captured asteroids
  8. Happens when more than one meteors burn up in the Earth's atmosphere
  9. Captured asteroid/one of Mars' moons
  10. The smallest Near-Earth asteroid
  11. M-type asteroid id made up of _____ and Iron
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  1. A meteoroid that falls through Earth's atmosphere
  2. The brightest asteroid
  3. Bright streak of light which is a meteor
  4. Most meteoroids are debris of _________.
  5. Where most asteroids live
  6. Largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt
  7. Captured asteroid/one of Mars' moons
  8. Asteroids that spin on a planet's orbit
  9. Layer of atmosphere that burns meteors and asteroids

20 Clues: Largest meteorite • Captured asteroids • The brightest asteroid • Where most asteroids live • dwarf planets or minor planets • The smallest Near-Earth asteroid • Captured asteroid/one of Mars' moons • Captured asteroid/one of Mars' moons • Largest asteroid in the Asteroid Belt • Asteroids that spin on a planet's orbit • Bright streak of light which is a meteor • ...

Milky Way 2022-01-26

Milky Way crossword puzzle
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  1. extreme region of massive black holes
  2. the galaxy are solor system is in
  3. an object orbiting around the sun
  4. 8 planets and there moons in orbit around the sun
  5. the name milky way comes from
  6. a circle of white or colored light around the sun an moon
  7. small planet
  8. a dwarf planet with the letter P
  9. are planet is in
  10. are planet
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  1. distance light travels in a year
  2. stars,planets and more things that go from the center of the milky way to its edges
  3. bulge of stars surrounding the nucleus
  4. the man to disover the milky way
  5. the space above and below the disk
  6. contains are dust and gas
  7. the shape of the milky way
  8. a system of billion od stars

18 Clues: are planet • small planet • are planet is in • contains are dust and gas • the shape of the milky way • a system of billion od stars • the name milky way comes from • distance light travels in a year • the man to disover the milky way • a dwarf planet with the letter P • the galaxy are solor system is in • an object orbiting around the sun • the space above and below the disk • ...

Milky Way 2022-01-26

Milky Way crossword puzzle
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  1. extreme region of massive black holes
  2. the galaxy are solor system is in
  3. an object orbiting around the sun
  4. 8 planets and there moons in orbit around the sun
  5. the name milky way comes from
  6. a circle of white or colored light around the sun an moon
  7. small planet
  8. a dwarf planet with the letter P
  9. are planet is in
  10. are planet
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  1. distance light travels in a year
  2. stars,planets and more things that go from the center of the milky way to its edges
  3. bulge of stars surrounding the nucleus
  4. the man to disover the milky way
  5. the space above and below the disk
  6. contains are dust and gas
  7. the shape of the milky way
  8. a system of billion od stars

18 Clues: are planet • small planet • are planet is in • contains are dust and gas • the shape of the milky way • a system of billion od stars • the name milky way comes from • distance light travels in a year • the man to disover the milky way • a dwarf planet with the letter P • the galaxy are solor system is in • an object orbiting around the sun • the space above and below the disk • ...

Solar System 2020-12-31

Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. What is the name given to the full moon night
  2. The word ‘planet’ has been derived from the word ‘planetai’ which is
  3. Asteroids are found between the orbits of Jupiter and
  4. The celestial bodies which do not have their own heat and light but are lit by the light of the stars are named as
  5. What is the total number of planets in our solar system
  6. apart from stars, planets, and satellites, there are numerous bodies which also move around the sun, what are these called
  7. Meteoroids are made up of
  8. Coldest planet in the Universe
  9. The earth is called a blue planet because of the presence of
  10. Which is the most recognisable constellation
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  1. The star which indicates the north is called
  2. Why does the moon not have conditions favourable for life
  3. Hottest planet in our Universe
  4. What makes the universe
  5. Shape of the earth
  6. Sun is also a
  7. What is called a cluster of millions of stars, shining white in the starry sky
  8. Biggest planet in our Universe
  9. Smallest planet in our Universe
  10. Which of the following name is given to the new moon
  11. All the planets move around the sun in a fixed elliptical path, these paths are called

21 Clues: Sun is also a • Shape of the earth • What makes the universe • Meteoroids are made up of • Hottest planet in our Universe • Biggest planet in our Universe • Coldest planet in the Universe • Smallest planet in our Universe • The star which indicates the north is called • Which is the most recognisable constellation • What is the name given to the full moon night • ...

What do you know about Space? 2021-08-23

What do you know about Space? crossword puzzle
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  1. Earth has ___ moon.
  2. This is the largest planet in the solar system
  3. only one ____ of the earth can face the sun at any time
  4. The planet famous for having visible rings is called:
  5. An _____ is a path that one object in space takes around another one.
  6. The sun provides light, warmth and ____ to earth.
  7. It takes earth about 365 _____ to orbit the sun
  8. Everything that is bound to the sun by gravity is known as being in the _______ system
  9. The sun is roughly one _____ times the size of earth
  10. The second planet from the sun
  11. This planet is closest to the sun
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  1. It takes earth approximately 24 ____ to rotate around itself.
  2. This is the eighth planet from the sun
  3. Earth is the _____ planet from the sun.
  4. This is a huge ball of glowing, hot gas
  5. A scientist who studies space is called an:
  6. An object in orbit is called a _______.
  7. This is the hottest planet in the solar system
  8. The four closest planets to the sun are known as the _____ planets.
  9. The four furthest planets from the sun are known as ____ planets and you could fall right through them!
  10. Even though this is the seventh planet, it is the coldest
  11. This is the largest object in the solar system.

22 Clues: Earth has ___ moon. • The second planet from the sun • This planet is closest to the sun • This is the eighth planet from the sun • Earth is the _____ planet from the sun. • This is a huge ball of glowing, hot gas • An object in orbit is called a _______. • A scientist who studies space is called an: • This is the largest planet in the solar system • ...

Exploring the Solar System 2021-11-20

Exploring the Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. icy rock that lets off dust and flies through space
  2. Station, manned artificial satellite able to support humans for an extended period of time
  3. a natural object that orbits around a larger object
  4. Cloud a shell around our solar system in the shape of a sphere
  5. small or large rocks that float in space
  6. Belt region between Mars and Jupiter
  7. Spectrum all the different lights and energies found in the universe
  8. a celestial body that orbits around a star
  9. Eclipse when Earth interrupts light shining on the moon
  10. Probe an object sent into space at far distances for long periods of time to gather information about space
  11. a person who is trained and equipped for space missions
  12. a word that describes something, not from Earth
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  1. name for a meteoroid that has landed on a planet's surface
  2. another name for a space explorer
  3. System set of space objects that include stars and everything that orbits around it
  4. an object placed in space intentionally to provide communication, information and navigation
  5. shining ball of gas that is held by its own gravity
  6. the star at the center of our solar system
  7. Planets the name used for planets located beyond the asteroid belt
  8. bright explosion of a star
  9. the largest planet in our solar system
  10. Planets the name used for the four planets closest to the Sun
  11. a planet that we inhabit

23 Clues: a planet that we inhabit • bright explosion of a star • another name for a space explorer • Belt region between Mars and Jupiter • the largest planet in our solar system • small or large rocks that float in space • the star at the center of our solar system • a celestial body that orbits around a star • a word that describes something, not from Earth • ...

Solar System 2025-02-27

Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. fourth planet from the sun
  2. loose balls of rock and ice that have long narrow orbits
  3. fifth planet from the sun
  4. third planet from the sun
  5. a meteoroid that comes through Earth's atmosphere and strikes Earth's surface
  6. The _______ planets are made mostly of rock and metal.
  7. planet closest to the sun
  8. seventh planet from the sun
  9. outer layer of the sun's atmosphere
  10. one of the five known dwarf planets in our solar system
  11. natural satellite
  12. one of the 2 main gases that make up the sun
  13. this is round and orbits the sun
  14. dark areas on the sun
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  1. inner layer of the sun's atmosphere
  2. average distance from the center of the sun to the center of the Earth
  3. accounts for 99.85% of the mass in our solar system
  4. streak of light from meteoroid coming through Earth's atmosphere
  5. chunk of rock or dust smaller than an asteroid
  6. The ______ planets are made mostly of gas and liquid.
  7. second planet from the sun
  8. sixth planet from the sun
  9. outer layer of the sun's interior - _______ zone
  10. furthest planet from the sun
  11. sun,planets,their moons,and a variety of other smaller objects
  12. Many of these are found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter.

26 Clues: natural satellite • dark areas on the sun • fifth planet from the sun • third planet from the sun • sixth planet from the sun • planet closest to the sun • fourth planet from the sun • second planet from the sun • seventh planet from the sun • furthest planet from the sun • this is round and orbits the sun • inner layer of the sun's atmosphere • outer layer of the sun's atmosphere • ...

Celestial Bodies Crossword 2024-11-20

Celestial Bodies Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. This is the galaxy that our solar system is in.
  2. This planet rotates on its side and its poles face the Sun.
  3. This force holds the planets into the sun's orbit.
  4. This is the largest of all the planets.
  5. If a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere, it is called a ________.
  6. If the meteor hits the surface of a planet, it is called a _________.
  7. This is the only star in our solar system.
  8. These are large pieces of rock that orbit the sun.
  9. This is the farthest planet from the sun.
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  1. These are natural satellites that orbit planets.
  2. This is a region of space between Mars and Jupiter that contains millions of asteroids.
  3. This was a planet at one time, but is now called a dwarf planet.
  4. These are small chunks of rock or dust that break off asteroids or comets.
  5. These bodies are made of three parts: a nucleus, a coma, and a tail.
  6. This planet has over 1,000 rings.
  7. This planet is sometimes called "The Red Planet".
  8. This is the smallest of all the planets.
  9. This word means "to travel around."
  10. This planet has only one moon.
  11. This is the hottest planet in our solar system.

20 Clues: This planet has only one moon. • This planet has over 1,000 rings. • This word means "to travel around." • This is the largest of all the planets. • This is the smallest of all the planets. • This is the farthest planet from the sun. • This is the only star in our solar system. • This is the galaxy that our solar system is in. • ...

Solar System Crossword! 2015-04-15

Solar System Crossword! crossword puzzle
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  1. Planet with the most iron in solar system.
  2. The smallest planet.
  3. The planet with rings.
  4. The center of out Solar System.
  5. The name of our galaxy.
  6. Some planets are called ___ Giants.
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  1. Planets with solid rocky surfaces.
  2. Planets do this around the sun.
  3. There is an inner and _____ Solar System.
  4. Planet that revolves in the opposite direction earth does.
  5. Orbits the Earth.
  6. The Planet we live on.
  7. The red Planet.

13 Clues: The red Planet. • Orbits the Earth. • The smallest planet. • The planet with rings. • The Planet we live on. • The name of our galaxy. • Planets do this around the sun. • The center of out Solar System. • Planets with solid rocky surfaces. • Some planets are called ___ Giants. • There is an inner and _____ Solar System. • Planet with the most iron in solar system. • ...

Space Crossword Puzzle 2024-04-23

Space Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The planets outside the asteroid belt
  2. A space of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter
  3. a planet that does not meet the attributes of the main planets in our solar system
  4. The planets that are in between the sun and the asteroid belt
  5. it is needed since the universe is huge
  6. A celestial object that orbits a star
  7. The force that causes things to drop to the ground
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  1. Planets with compact rocky surfaces
  2. Consists of the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around the Sun
  3. a mixture of gases that surround a planet
  4. Nicolaus Copernicus made this change in 1543
  5. The ancient greeks had this belief until the 16th century
  6. a large planet mostly composed of helium and/or oxygen
  7. the blocking of light of one celestial body to another
  8. A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one

15 Clues: Planets with compact rocky surfaces • The planets outside the asteroid belt • A celestial object that orbits a star • it is needed since the universe is huge • a mixture of gases that surround a planet • Nicolaus Copernicus made this change in 1543 • A space of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter • The force that causes things to drop to the ground • ...

Week 18 Science Quiz 2024-11-30

Week 18 Science Quiz crossword puzzle
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  1. a type of planet with a center core of hot and melted metal
  2. larger pieces of rock that orbit the sun
  3. a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need
  4. small rocks that orbit the sun and occasionally enter Earth's atmosphere
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  1. the collection of planets and other objects that move in a path around a star
  2. spin
  3. planets that are large and made mostly of ice
  4. the path around a body with gravity
  5. a tool that helps us see distant objects more clearly
  6. the force that pulls all objects toward each other
  7. invisible heat or light energy
  8. a collection of billions of stars
  9. a collection of gases, ice, and dust that orbits the sun
  10. planets that are large and made mostly of gas
  11. all of space and everything in it including the planets, stars and galaxies

15 Clues: spin • invisible heat or light energy • a collection of billions of stars • the path around a body with gravity • larger pieces of rock that orbit the sun • planets that are large and made mostly of ice • planets that are large and made mostly of gas • the force that pulls all objects toward each other • a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need • ...

Solar System Crossword Puzzle 2025-01-09

Solar System Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. The sideways planet that is the 2nd coldest according to NASA
  2. The planet people called the "Red Planet"
  3. The planet that is the closest to the Sun and has extreme hot and cold weather
  4. When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon
  5. Planets that are only made of rocks
  6. Something that can only occur during a new moon
  7. The planet everyone loves because of its rings.
  8. The hottest planet in the Solar System
  9. A border that separates the Inner and Outer Planets
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  1. The dwarf planet that is part of the Solar System
  2. Planets that are farther away from the Sun and are only made of gas
  3. The planet that has the most mass and can bring meteors and other rocks from its gravitational pull
  4. The planet that gives life and oxygen
  5. A system with 8 rings, and 8 planets
  6. The planet that is the farthest away from the sun

15 Clues: Planets that are only made of rocks • A system with 8 rings, and 8 planets • The planet that gives life and oxygen • The hottest planet in the Solar System • The planet people called the "Red Planet" • When the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon • Something that can only occur during a new moon • The planet everyone loves because of its rings. • ...

Space 2026-05-12

Space crossword puzzle
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  1. Many of the objects, including planets, travel around the sun.
  2. Orbiting objects made of gas, dust, and ice.
  3. A distance equal to about 150 million km.
  4. There are this many planets in the solar system
  5. The four planets closest to the sun.
  6. Earth completes a full turn in 24 hours.
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  1. In 365 days, Earth completes a full journey around the sun.
  2. Structure in space is made of gas in which nuclear fusion reactions occur.
  3. Small rocky objects that orbit the sun.
  4. These are small objects that orbit a larger object.
  5. This is an uncrewed spacecraft sent from Earth to explore objects in space.
  6. This enables astronomers to observe many more stars than they could with their own eyes.
  7. This refers to anything related to the moon.
  8. This is a vehicle designed to propel itself by ejecting exhaust gas from one end.
  9. The four planets farthest from the sun.

15 Clues: The four planets closest to the sun. • Small rocky objects that orbit the sun. • The four planets farthest from the sun. • Earth completes a full turn in 24 hours. • A distance equal to about 150 million km. • Orbiting objects made of gas, dust, and ice. • This refers to anything related to the moon. • There are this many planets in the solar system • ...

Scientific Revolution - Crossword Puzzle 2022-08-19

Scientific Revolution - Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. knowledge about the natural world that is based on facts learned through experiments and observation
  2. system The planets and their moons around the sun
  3. He developed the Scientific Method
  4. The branch of science which deals with space
  5. the action of rotating around a center
  6. The religion based on Jesus
  7. the star around which the earth orbits
  8. He was brought to trial by the Catholic Church
  9. Proved the heavens are ordinary
  10. a building used for public Christian worship
  11. Ideas intended to explain something
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  1. Father of modern astronomy
  2. the belief in a superhuman controlling power
  3. The action of observing something
  4. The planet we live on
  5. He created the laws of motion
  6. celestial body moving in a orbit around a star
  7. The Christian scriptures
  8. Galileo opened up a study in it
  9. Sun in the center,planets rotating it

20 Clues: The planet we live on • The Christian scriptures • Father of modern astronomy • The religion based on Jesus • He created the laws of motion • Galileo opened up a study in it • Proved the heavens are ordinary • The action of observing something • He developed the Scientific Method • Ideas intended to explain something • Sun in the center,planets rotating it • ...

No mans sky 2024-04-18

No mans sky crossword puzzle
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  1. A larger version of a starship
  2. Living creature found on planets
  3. When you buy or sell something
  4. Used to refill hazard protection systems
  5. A place where you can trade or speak with alien life forms.
  6. A tool used to mine ore deposits
  7. The place where you live
  8. The largest alien life form
  9. The most common material found in minerals
  10. Something that orbits a planet
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  1. Rocks found on planets
  2. Something that aliens speak that you cannot understand
  3. Used to mine minerals
  4. Living plant found on planets
  5. Used to refill life support systems
  6. Like a space station, but a hub for players to meet.
  7. Something you use to navigate space
  8. Something that orbits a star
  9. The smallest alien life form
  10. The robot alien life form
  11. Used to cook materials; like a furnace or oven
  12. A spacesuit with hazard protection

22 Clues: Used to mine minerals • Rocks found on planets • The place where you live • The robot alien life form • The largest alien life form • Something that orbits a star • The smallest alien life form • Living plant found on planets • A larger version of a starship • When you buy or sell something • Something that orbits a planet • Living creature found on planets • ...

Atronomy 2016-06-23

Atronomy crossword puzzle
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  1. Process that powers the sun and stars
  2. Atoms with the same number of protons but different numbers of neutrons
  3. Measurement of distance between stars
  4. Theory that universe began with an explosion of energy
  5. Pluto was classified as this in 2006
  6. American astronomer who devised the term "black hole"
  7. Study of the stars
  8. Type of black hole
  9. One of the rocky planets
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  1. Largest planet
  2. Waves that carry energy from an earthquake around the earthpositron / positively charged electron
  3. Can't escape from a black hole
  4. Force that causes all matter to collect together
  5. One of the 5 dwarf planets
  6. Collapsing cloud of gas that will become a star
  7. Celestial body that is in orbit around the sun
  8. Galaxy in which the solar system is located
  9. Known as the Red Planet
  10. Natural satellites that orbit planets

19 Clues: Largest planet • Study of the stars • Type of black hole • Known as the Red Planet • One of the rocky planets • One of the 5 dwarf planets • Can't escape from a black hole • Pluto was classified as this in 2006 • Process that powers the sun and stars • Measurement of distance between stars • Natural satellites that orbit planets • Galaxy in which the solar system is located • ...

The solar system Crosspuzzle 2025-01-19

The solar system Crosspuzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. It is known as “the blue planet”
  2. The seventh planet in the solar system.
  3. The planet farthest from the Sun.
  4. It is known as “the red planet”
  5. When the Moon comes between the Sun and the Earth
  6. A vehicle that is designed to fly and operate in outer space.
  7. It has a famous ring system.
  8. Spinning motion of a planet around its axis
  9. The name of the path the planets move along
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  1. The warmest planet
  2. It moves around the earth
  3. The 4 inner planets are also called…
  4. The biggest planet.
  5. Main source of light for all the planets
  6. It causes the four seasons
  7. The name of our galaxy.
  8. A small rocky body orbiting the sun.
  9. The smallest planet in the solar system.
  10. A dwarf planet beyond Neptune.

19 Clues: The warmest planet • The biggest planet. • The name of our galaxy. • It moves around the earth • It causes the four seasons • It has a famous ring system. • A dwarf planet beyond Neptune. • It is known as “the red planet” • It is known as “the blue planet” • The planet farthest from the Sun. • The 4 inner planets are also called… • A small rocky body orbiting the sun. • ...

UNIT 4 2023-05-11

UNIT 4 crossword puzzle
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  1. He said life could have been generated from the oceans of ancient Earth
  2. says it was the first living being in existence (not LUCA)
  3. Creates Equal heating so the planet isn’t hot on one side and cold on the other
  4. Measuring the small pull planets have on stars
  5. An organism that can survive in extreme conditions
  6. Precise measurements of stars and planets
  7. Using the blocking of a sun’s light from a planet passing in front of it.
  8. Places on Earth are similar to other planets, like how a desert can look like Mars
  9. Uses antifreeze agents to survive in extreme cold
  10. Uses a protective layer to survive in salty conditions
  11. needs three things: Energy, Organic molecules, water
  12. A planet’s gravity can bend the light from a star
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  1. Says complex structures can be made from noncomplex molecules
  2. An exoplanet needs this to protect life from radiation and meteor impacts
  3. Uses enzymes to survive in places with high pH
  4. Needed to release CO2 and recycle chemicals; small planets also don’t have this
  5. Uses proteins to survive in acidic conditions
  6. Stabilizes the planet
  7. A very detailed telescope can catch the light of exoplanets
  8. is about learning how life began, searching for life in space, and finding exoplanets
  9. our last common ancestor

21 Clues: Stabilizes the planet • our last common ancestor • Precise measurements of stars and planets • Uses proteins to survive in acidic conditions • Uses enzymes to survive in places with high pH • Measuring the small pull planets have on stars • Uses antifreeze agents to survive in extreme cold • A planet’s gravity can bend the light from a star • ...

Our Place in Space 2026-03-10

Our Place in Space crossword puzzle
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  1. the path the Sun appears to move across the sky
  2. natural objects that orbit planets
  3. the path an object takes around another object in space
  4. a small celestial body that orbits the Sun but is not considered a full planet
  5. Moon phase where the entire visible side is illuminated
  6. very large planets mostly made of gas
  7. Moon phase when the Moon cannot be seen from Earth
  8. energy that travels as waves such as visible light, radio waves and X-rays
  9. the force that attracts objects with mass toward each other
  10. the time it takes Earth to travel around the Sun once
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  1. oval shaped paths that planets follow when orbiting the Sun
  2. a model of the solar system with the Sun at the centre
  3. planets that exist outside our solar system
  4. region in space where gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape
  5. darker cooler areas on the surface of the Sun
  6. the time it takes a planet to complete one orbit around the Sun
  7. the full range of all types of electromagnetic radiation
  8. a model of the solar system with Earth at the centre
  9. a year with 366 days that occurs every four years
  10. imaginary line the Earth spins around

20 Clues: natural objects that orbit planets • very large planets mostly made of gas • imaginary line the Earth spins around • planets that exist outside our solar system • darker cooler areas on the surface of the Sun • the path the Sun appears to move across the sky • a year with 366 days that occurs every four years • Moon phase when the Moon cannot be seen from Earth • ...

Space 2020-05-05

Space crossword puzzle
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  1. bodies that have a particular shape
  2. bang theory- an explanation of the origin of the universe stating that it started small and expanded over billions of years
  3. factor- a method of reducing all measurement by the same amount to achieve the proportions of the scale model
  4. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
  5. planet- a celestial body resembling a small planet by lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such
  6. of relativity- the basic idea is that instead of being an invisible force that attracts objects to one another, gravity is a curving or warping of space. The more massive an object, the more it warps the space around it
  7. The branch of science that studies the stars, planets, and other objects in space
  8. an imaginary line that runs through the middle of an object around which that object rotates
  9. system- a collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together in smaller bodies in form of asteroids, steroids, and comets
  10. a celestial object consisting of nucules of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a tail of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun
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  1. model- Modern view of the universe that places the sun at the center and their planets and their moons revolve around the sun
  2. A large system of dust, gas, stars, and other
  3. main types of galaxies- most fall into one of three categories,
  4. model- a description of the universe that placed the earth at the center and the sun, moon, stars, and all the planets revolve around the earth
  5. a natural luminous body visible in the sky especially at night
  6. year- the distance that light travels in one year
  7. a natural satellite of the earth, visible by reflected light from the sun
  8. elliptical or irregular
  9. the total amount of matter in an object
  10. a natural or artificial object that orbits another object in space
  11. belt- a tours shaped region in the solar system, located roughly in between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars, that is occupied by a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but match smaller than planets, called asteroid or minor planets
  12. The curved path of an object such as a planet or moon around a central object, such as a star or a planet, to move in a circular or elliptical path around the object

22 Clues: elliptical or irregular • bodies that have a particular shape • the total amount of matter in an object • A large system of dust, gas, stars, and other • year- the distance that light travels in one year • a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star • a natural luminous body visible in the sky especially at night • ...

Madison Dukeshire- Astronomy 2017-05-21

Madison Dukeshire- Astronomy crossword puzzle
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  1. phenomenon is which the shadow of the moon falls on the earth
  2. a region between the orbit of mars and jupiter that that contains small rocky fragments
  3. asteroid fragments
  4. idea that the sun and planets formed together from gases and dust
  5. larger gas planets outside of the asteroid belt
  6. different cycles of the moon
  7. a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be a planet
  8. temporary relatively cool and dark regions on the sun surface
Down
  1. when the moon passes into the shadow of earth
  2. meteoroids that descend to earth
  3. first four planets
  4. large meteoroid that makes it to the surface of the earth
  5. major bodies orbiting the sun
  6. our sun is a ____

14 Clues: our sun is a ____ • first four planets • asteroid fragments • different cycles of the moon • major bodies orbiting the sun • meteoroids that descend to earth • when the moon passes into the shadow of earth • larger gas planets outside of the asteroid belt • large meteoroid that makes it to the surface of the earth • ...

Tamera's Awesome 6th Grade Science Review!!! 2016-12-16

Tamera's Awesome 6th Grade Science Review!!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. stored energy
  2. fuel an rich substance formed from the remains of an organism
  3. energy in motion
  4. energy heat energy in earth's interior
  5. a very small microscopic unit of an element
  6. heat from another substance of matter
  7. planets first four planets near the sun
  8. water attached to water
  9. water attached to other stuff
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  1. the mixture of gases that surrounds earth
  2. giant first four outer planets
  3. radiation a form of energy with wavelengths that are long
  4. changing to something different
  5. the transfer of heat bye movements of water
  6. layer a layer in the stratosphere

15 Clues: stored energy • energy in motion • water attached to water • water attached to other stuff • giant first four outer planets • changing to something different • layer a layer in the stratosphere • heat from another substance of matter • energy heat energy in earth's interior • planets first four planets near the sun • the mixture of gases that surrounds earth • ...

Types of Planets 2021-12-02

Types of Planets crossword puzzle
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  1. planet located through math calculations
  2. landlike planets
  3. what Saturn would do in a bathtub
  4. one of the dwarf planets in asteroid belt
  5. the gas that makes planets blue
  6. describes Venus' rotation on its axis
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  1. include gas and ice giants
  2. the largest planet within our solar system
  3. they last over 20 years on Uranus
  4. planet is named after messenger God
  5. dwarf planet with a weird name
  6. must adhere to 3 criteria to be considered
  7. agency that gives celestial objects names
  8. name of one of Mars' moon
  9. the shape of Pluto's orbit

15 Clues: landlike planets • name of one of Mars' moon • include gas and ice giants • the shape of Pluto's orbit • dwarf planet with a weird name • the gas that makes planets blue • they last over 20 years on Uranus • what Saturn would do in a bathtub • planet is named after messenger God • describes Venus' rotation on its axis • planet located through math calculations • ...

Chapter 4 Vocabulary 2013-10-09

Chapter 4 Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. must be round, orbit the sun, and have cleared out the region of the solar system along its orbit.
  2. an object that orbits the sun and has enough gravity to be spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
  3. trapping of heat by the atmosphere
  4. large round pits on the moon
  5. sun
  6. oval shape
  7. distance between the earth and sun, about 150,000,000 kilometers.
  8. is the force that attracts all objects toward each other
  9. the four large outer planets
  10. clouds of gas and dust form this fuzzy outer layer of a comet
  11. are hardened rock formed from huge lava flows that occured 3-4 billion years ago
  12. stretches out more than 1000 times the distance between the sun and Neptune
  13. solid inner core of a comet
  14. in this system, earth and other planets revolve around the sun
  15. consists of the sun, the planets, their moons, and a variety of different objects.
  16. are loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits can be very long, narrow ellipses.
  17. motion of one object around another
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  1. Beyond Neptune's orbit which extends to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun.
  2. region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter
  3. when an object spins around a central axis
  4. earth-centered model
  5. sphere
  6. inner planets, comes from latin word "terra" which means Earth.
  7. small bodies formed by rock and ice
  8. chunks of rock and dust from space
  9. color
  10. meteoroids that pass through the atmosphere and found on Earth's surface
  11. streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters Earth's atmosphere
  12. thin disk of small particles of ice and rock

29 Clues: sun • color • sphere • oval shape • earth-centered model • solid inner core of a comet • large round pits on the moon • the four large outer planets • trapping of heat by the atmosphere • chunks of rock and dust from space • small bodies formed by rock and ice • motion of one object around another • when an object spins around a central axis • ...

Daiji's Crossword Puzzle 2024-01-30

Daiji's Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust to form a solar system.
  2. occurs when a rocky body that had been orbiting the Sun passes through the atmosphere to hit the Earth's surface.
  3. a swarm of trillions of icy bodies that lie far beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  4. the biggest planet in the solar system.
  5. a streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid crashing through Earth's atmosphere.
  6. a huge spot on jupiter's surface.
  7. planet that is made up of water, ammonia, and hydrogen.
  8. numerous small bodies that when accreted together form planets.
  9. a habitable planet
  10. planet that is named after a roman god of the sea.
  11. created by the outward expansion of plasma (a collection of charged particles) from the Sun's corona (outermost atmosphere).
  12. a massive amount of asteroids/meteors orbiting around a planet.
  13. an exo planet that was once a planet in our solar system.
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  1. when tiny particles are condensed from the nebula and stick together.
  2. the component of its motion in the direction toward or away from us which is detected as a Doppler shift in the star's spectrum.
  3. planet that is named after a roman goddess of beauty and love.
  4. clouds of gas between stars
  5. frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices.
  6. planets that supports life.
  7. gas planets.
  8. planets that have a similar structure to earth.
  9. smallest planet in the solar system.
  10. a small body that orbits around planets.
  11. planet that is named after a roman god of war.
  12. a planet that is mainly known for its rings.

25 Clues: gas planets. • a habitable planet • clouds of gas between stars • planets that supports life. • a huge spot on jupiter's surface. • smallest planet in the solar system. • the biggest planet in the solar system. • a small body that orbits around planets. • a planet that is mainly known for its rings. • planet that is named after a roman god of war. • ...

ulangan tata surya_ashla 2026-01-22

ulangan tata surya_ashla crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The Solar System is part of what?
  2. What is the largest planet?
  3. Where is the asteroid belt located?
  4. Which planet is the hottest?
  5. Why do planets stay in orbit?
  6. How many moons does Earth have?
  7. Why is Jupiter easy to see?
  8. What is a telescope used for?
  9. Which planet is called the Blue Planet?
  10. Which planet rotates on its side?
  11. Why do astronauts go to space?
  12. What tool do scientists use to study space?
  13. What does the Sun give to Earth?
  14. What is at the center of the Solar System?
  15. What are Saturn’s rings made of?
  16. How many planets are in the Solar System?
  17. What galaxy do we live in?
  18. What is the Solar System?
  19. What are the inner planets?
  20. What is a dwarf planet?
  21. What are the outer planets?
  22. What causes the seasons?
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  1. What is Pluto classified as?
  2. What is a meteor often called?
  3. What does the Moon do around Earth?
  4. Which planet has famous rings?
  5. What is a comet?
  6. Which planet is closest to the Sun?
  7. Why can Earth support life?
  8. Which planet is farthest from the Sun?
  9. What is an asteroid?
  10. What makes Mars look red?
  11. What is a space probe?
  12. What force keeps planets moving around the Sun?
  13. What is gravity?
  14. What is a meteor called when it hits Earth?
  15. What is an orbit?
  16. Which planet is called the Red Planet?
  17. What causes day and night?
  18. Why do comets have tails?

40 Clues: What is a comet? • What is gravity? • What is an orbit? • What is an asteroid? • What is a space probe? • What is a dwarf planet? • What causes the seasons? • What makes Mars look red? • What is the Solar System? • Why do comets have tails? • What galaxy do we live in? • What causes day and night? • What is the largest planet? • Why can Earth support life? • Why is Jupiter easy to see? • ...

Earth Science Vocabulary (Grade 5 Ohio) 2023-03-20

Earth Science Vocabulary (Grade 5 Ohio) crossword puzzle
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  1. the Earth spinning around its axis; this takes Earth 24 hours (1 day) to complete
  2. If the Earth is tilted towards the sun the temperature will be ______________.
  3. 365 _____________ is the amount of time it takes the Earth to revolve around the sun
  4. the luminous celestial body around which the earth and other planets revolve, from which they receive heat and light
  5. The 4 planets that have long orbits and are made of mostly gas
  6. the elliptical path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
  7. the season with the least daylight hours
  8. If the Earth is tilted away from the sun the temperature will be ______________.
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  1. the way in which the Earth slants on its axis
  2. The 4 planets with the shortest orbits are known as the ______ planets
  3. an imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles
  4. a small, cold natural satellite that orbits planets in our solar system
  5. the Earth moving around the sun; this takes Earth 365 ¼ days (one year) to complete
  6. true or false-Earth's revolution around the sun is responsible for day and night.
  7. the season with the most daylight hours
  8. 24 _________ is the amount of time it takes Earth to make 1 rotation on its axis.

16 Clues: the season with the most daylight hours • the season with the least daylight hours • the way in which the Earth slants on its axis • The 4 planets that have long orbits and are made of mostly gas • an imaginary line that passes through the North and South poles • The 4 planets with the shortest orbits are known as the ______ planets • ...

Ch 2 Review - Space 2025-11-30

Ch 2 Review - Space crossword puzzle
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  1. This characteristic explains why the outer planets are much colder than the inner planets (4 words, no spaces - Answer in this format: ______________the_____)
  2. An astronaut standing on this type of planet would sink right through the surface because these worlds are composed entirely of liquids and gases (two words, no spaces)
  3. A satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet
  4. This zone between two planets acts like a cosmic junkyard, filled with chunks of rock and metal that never formed into a planet (two words, no spaces)
  5. Scientists study this material floating in space because it's the building blocks that will eventually become new planets and stars (two words, no spaces)
  6. This type of solar system object originates from the Kuiper Belt and has a highly elliptical orbit
  7. A system of eight planets and the sun, along with moons, asteroids, and comets (two words, no spaces)
  8. When a space rock actually makes it all the way to Earth's surface without burning up, scientists call it this
  9. Unlike planets, this type of object hasn't cleared its orbital neighborhood but still orbits the Sun and has enough mass to be roughly round (two words, no spaces)
  10. Our solar system is located in this part of the Milky Way, not in the center, but on one of the ____________ arms
  11. This type of galaxy has no spiral arms and looks like a giant, smooth oval of stars in space (two words, no spaces)
  12. You see a bright streak across the night sky, but by the time you point it out to your friend, it's gone
  13. Another name for the outer planets like Jupiter
  14. This galaxy type has no organized structure and looks like a chaotic cloud of stars scattered randomly through space (two words, no spaces)
  15. This celestial object appears huge to us only because of its proximity, but compared to other similar objects in the universe, it's actually quite average in size
  16. This small celestial object was reclassified in 2006 because it couldn't clear other objects from its orbital neighborhood
  17. Earth is unique among the inner planets because it has exactly this many natural satellites
  18. This is the only planet in our solar system that rotates on its side, rolling like a ball as it orbits the Sun
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  1. If you could somehow turn on a giant flashlight in space, this type of light from cosmic dust would be invisible to your eyes but detectable by special cameras (two words, no spaces)
  2. Part of a spiral galaxy where the oldest stars live
  3. This planet's day is longer than its year, it has a thick atmosphere compared th the other planet it is closest to, and it spins backwards compared to most other planets
  4. The famous mnemonic My Very Excited Mother Just Served Us Nachos helps students remember this specific sequence (3 words, no spaces - Answer in this format: _______of_______)
  5. If you traveled to the edge of our galaxy and looked back, you would see this spiral-shaped structure that contains our entire solar system (3 words, no spaces)
  6. Chunks of rock in space that orbit the sun
  7. These four planets are called terrestrial because they have solid, rocky surfaces you could actually stand on (two words, no spaces)
  8. When this icy visitor approaches the Sun, it develops a glowing tail, but when it's far away, it's just a frozen chunk in space
  9. A huge system that includes gas, dust, billions of stars, and objects orbiting the stars
  10. This red planet has two tiny moons named after the Greek words for fear and panic
  11. A huge ball of extremely hot matter in space that gives off energy
  12. Scientists can determine a planet's composition by studying this property, which explains why gas giants have much lower values than rocky planets
  13. All planets follow this curved path around the Sun, held in place by gravitational force
  14. Pieces of asteroids that break off, so they are smaller, and can be found in the asteroid belt
  15. This measurement tells us how wide a planet is from one side to the other through its center
  16. These two inner planets are unique because they completely lack natural satellites, unlike their neighboring rocky worlds (3 words, no spaces - Answer in this format: _______and__________)
  17. This fundamental property of matter explains why larger planets have stronger gravitational fields and can capture more moons
  18. If Earth were the size of a basketball, this planet would be about the size of a small marble and be the closest to our star
  19. A star appears bright in our sky for two main reasons: its actual brightness and this crucial factor related to space
  20. If you could visit the center of any gas giant, you would find this solid structure surrounded by layers of liquid and gas
  21. This natural or artificial object orbits Earth or another planet, like our Moon or the International Space Station
  22. This force explains why Jupiter has over 80 moons while Mercury has none, and it's directly related to the amount of matter an object contains
  23. This planet has the most spectacular ring system visible from Earth, made of countless ice and rock particles
  24. This distant blue planet has winds reaching 1200 mph, the fastest in the solar system

42 Clues: Chunks of rock in space that orbit the sun • Another name for the outer planets like Jupiter • Part of a spiral galaxy where the oldest stars live • A satellite made of rock and ice that orbits a planet • A huge ball of extremely hot matter in space that gives off energy • This red planet has two tiny moons named after the Greek words for fear and panic • ...

chapter 4 2024-11-19

chapter 4 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The regions of Earth where life exists.
  2. A system where outputs affect inputs, either amplifying or reducing changes.
  3. The gaseous envelope surrounding Earth.
  4. Angular distance east or west of the prime meridian.
  5. Angular distance north or south of the equator.
  6. The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the Sun.
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  1. The shape of Earth, which is slightly flattened at the poles.
  2. All the water on Earth's surface, including oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  3. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  4. A line of latitude circling Earth parallel to the equator.
  5. The frozen water part of Earth's system.
  6. The movement of Earth around the Sun, taking about one year.
  7. The latitude line at 0 degrees.
  8. Planets closer to the Sun, smaller and rockier than outer planets.
  9. Outer planets made mostly of gas and much larger than inner planets.

15 Clues: The latitude line at 0 degrees. • The regions of Earth where life exists. • The gaseous envelope surrounding Earth. • The frozen water part of Earth's system. • Angular distance north or south of the equator. • Angular distance east or west of the prime meridian. • The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the Sun. • ...

Solar system crossword puzzle. 2024-04-21

Solar system crossword puzzle. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet is the color blue because of the methane in the atmosphere.
  2. Has 8 phases and rotates around the Earth.
  3. Saturn's larger moon.
  4. The farthest planet from the Sun.
  5. The first and smallest planet in our solar system.
  6. Has a huge storm, which is a big red spot on the planet.
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  1. This planet has 146 moons.
  2. Once one of the main planets, but later became a dwarf planet.
  3. This planet once had water, oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  4. The only planet in our solar system that has life.
  5. Belt, The section which separates the inner and outer planets.
  6. system, Has eight main planets and a star in the center that all the planets go around.
  7. The second planet from the sun.
  8. The star at the center of our solar system.
  9. Way, The galaxy the we live in.

15 Clues: Saturn's larger moon. • This planet has 146 moons. • The second planet from the sun. • Way, The galaxy the we live in. • The farthest planet from the Sun. • Has 8 phases and rotates around the Earth. • The star at the center of our solar system. • The only planet in our solar system that has life. • The first and smallest planet in our solar system. • ...

Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice 2022-01-06

Unit 2 Vocabulary Practice crossword puzzle
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  1. a system of planets orbiting a central star
  2. forerunner of the present day Sun
  3. the counter-clockwise spin of a planet or moon
  4. 1st planet from the Sun; it is the smallest planet
  5. an object that orbits another object
  6. small bodies of rock from which planets are created
  7. 4th planet from the Sun; sometimes referred to as the Red Planet
  8. means planet in Greek
  9. a universal force of attraction between objects
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  1. 2nd planet from the Sun; has the densest atmosphere of the terrestrial planets
  2. the clockwise spin of a planet or moon
  3. the cloud of gas and dust from which the Sun and the rest of the Solar System was formed
  4. a disk of low density material encircling a solar nebula
  5. planets located outside of our Solar System
  6. 3rd planet from the Sun; only planet currently known to sustain life

15 Clues: means planet in Greek • forerunner of the present day Sun • an object that orbits another object • the clockwise spin of a planet or moon • a system of planets orbiting a central star • planets located outside of our Solar System • the counter-clockwise spin of a planet or moon • a universal force of attraction between objects • ...

The Solar System 2025-09-08

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the Earth has only one ______ that orbits around it. Other planets have many of them.
  2. huge balls of hot gas that can be seen in the sky at night
  3. the sun and nine planets make up our _______
  4. to sent back, like a mirror
  5. the farther a planet is from the sun, the _____ the temperature
  6. the planet we live on
  7. a curved path which the planets move around
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  1. the closer a planet is to the sun, the _____ the temperature
  2. the imaginary line around the center of Earth
  3. made of ice, gas, and dust that travels to the edge of the solar system
  4. a tiny planet-like object in space made of rock and metal
  5. the southernmost point on earth
  6. a group of stars that make patterns looking like objects, people, and animals
  7. the northernmost point on Earth
  8. a pull between the sun and the planets

15 Clues: the planet we live on • to sent back, like a mirror • the southernmost point on earth • the northernmost point on Earth • a pull between the sun and the planets • a curved path which the planets move around • the sun and nine planets make up our _______ • the imaginary line around the center of Earth • a tiny planet-like object in space made of rock and metal • ...

Earth, Moon and Stars Vocabulary Crossword 2026-05-27

Earth, Moon and Stars Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a sun-centered model in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
  2. Earth’s orbit around the sun
  3. an oval shape that describes the orbit of planets around the sun
  4. small circles planets made as they moved along orbital paths in Ptolemy’s model
  5. a pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object
  6. a body that orbits a planet
  7. the study of space
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  1. a small piece of rock or ice that burns up entering Earth’s atmosphere
  2. the narrow band in the sky through which planets appear to move
  3. visible motion of objects in the sky that may differ from their actual motion
  4. a streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere
  5. a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun
  6. an Earth-centered model with planets and stars circling Earth
  7. an object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit of any debris
  8. a giant ball of superheated gas, or plasma, composed of hydrogen and helium

15 Clues: the study of space • a body that orbits a planet • Earth’s orbit around the sun • an Earth-centered model with planets and stars circling Earth • the narrow band in the sky through which planets appear to move • an oval shape that describes the orbit of planets around the sun • a small piece of rock or ice that burns up entering Earth’s atmosphere • ...

mrs.palms science class 2014-01-15

mrs.palms science class crossword puzzle
Across
  1. earths twinn
  2. 11 whats the firt mision to the moon
  3. what dose a astronaut fly in
  4. how many planets do we know about
  5. witch planet rains asid rain
  6. moon the first phase of the moon cycle
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  1. a dwarf planet
  2. what keeps the planets in orbit
  3. whats the closetst planet to the sun
  4. the big red spot
  5. armstrong the firt man on the moon
  6. how may planets can we see with a telecope
  7. palm who si the best science teacher
  8. whats the biggest star
  9. what planet has living humans on it

15 Clues: earths twinn • a dwarf planet • the big red spot • whats the biggest star • what dose a astronaut fly in • witch planet rains asid rain • what keeps the planets in orbit • how many planets do we know about • armstrong the firt man on the moon • what planet has living humans on it • whats the closetst planet to the sun • 11 whats the firt mision to the moon • ...

Astronomy Puzzle 2013-11-21

Astronomy Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit
  2. The name often given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus Earth, ans Mars
  3. A thin disk of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet
  4. The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere
  5. The region of the solar system between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where many asteroids are found
  6. A chunk of rock or dust in space
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  1. A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
  2. A doughnut-shaped region that stretches from around Pluto's orbit to about 100 times Earth's distance from the sun
  3. The fuzzy outer layer of a comet
  4. A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface
  5. Life that exists other than that on Earth
  6. A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars
  7. The name often given to the first four outer planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
  8. The solid inner core of a comet
  9. An oval shape, which may be elongated or nearly circular; the shape of the planets orbits
  10. A spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system
  11. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere

17 Clues: The solid inner core of a comet • The fuzzy outer layer of a comet • A chunk of rock or dust in space • Life that exists other than that on Earth • The trapping of heat by a planet's atmosphere • A spherical region of comets that surrounds the solar system • A thin disk of small ice and rock particles surrounding a planet • ...

Ch 25 The Solar System Vocabulary Crossword 2021-05-05

Ch 25 The Solar System Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The four large planets beyond the asteroid belt in our solar system
  2. An interstellar cloud of gas and dust
  3. Model proposed by Copernicus that put the Sun at the center of the universe
  4. The Sun and all the objects that revolve around the Sun as a result of gravity
  5. A small rock in interplanetary space that has not yet entered Earth's atmosphere
  6. An enormous, oval-shaped, long-lived storm on Jupiter
  7. Rocky objects larger than a few hundred meters that orbit the Sun
  8. The time it takes for a planet to orbit the Sun
  9. A planet-like object that has not cleared its orbit of other objects
  10. The four largest moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo
  11. A celestial object that orbits a planet
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  1. The four large outer planets composed of the gases hydrogen and helium
  2. Model used by the ancient Greeks that puts the Earth at the center of the universe
  3. An area of frequent meteors appearing to originate in a particular part of the sky
  4. Material from outer space that burns up as it enters Earth's atmosphere
  5. The time it takes for a planet to rotate once on its axis
  6. A small, icy, dusty object with a bright tail in orbit around the Sun
  7. Rings of dust and rock encircling a planet in a thin plane
  8. Region between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids are found
  9. The solid, dense, rocky planets that are the same as the inner planets
  10. The hypothesis that our solar system formed from a spinning cloud of gas and dust, or a nebula
  11. A region beyond the orbit of Neptune that contains millions of frozen objects
  12. The four planets inside the asteroid belt: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars

23 Clues: An interstellar cloud of gas and dust • A celestial object that orbits a planet • The time it takes for a planet to orbit the Sun • An enormous, oval-shaped, long-lived storm on Jupiter • The four largest moons of Jupiter discovered by Galileo • The time it takes for a planet to rotate once on its axis • Rings of dust and rock encircling a planet in a thin plane • ...

Topics 1 & 2 Vocab 2014-04-13

Topics 1 & 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the angle measured above a horizon when determining the location (altitude-azimuth co-ordination) of a celestial body
  2. a model of the universe that places Earth at the center, with the Sun and planets revolving around it ; geocentric
  3. determines the fineness of a detail a telescope can produce of an object view
  4. a ray of light changing direction when it passes through a new substance
  5. Newton’s law states that all objects attract all other objects and provides an explanation for the planet’s elliptical orbit
  6. groupings of stars that form patterns, which appear like objects and are given names (ex: Orion, The Big Dipper)
  7. the ocular lens of a telescope
  8. a ray of light changing direction when it bounces off a surface
  9. a model of the universe that places the Sun at the center, with Earth and planets revolving around it; heliocentric
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  1. celestial bodies that orbit a star in a solar system (ex: Earth, Mars, Neptune)
  2. the location of a celestial body relative to a fixed Earth (as though celestial bodies circled the Earth)
  3. the lens through which you view a magnified object using a telescope; eyepiece
  4. the large lens at the front of the telescope
  5. Sun-centered model of the universe
  6. the angle measured clockwise from North when determining the location (altitude-azimuth co-ordination) of a celestial body
  7. a set of axes of any kind that is used to describe the positions or motions of things
  8. all objects seen in the sky (ex: Sun, Moon, planets, stars)
  9. a figure that looks like a squashed circle; planets move in elliptical orbits around the Sun
  10. Earth-centered model of the universe
  11. the device used to measure the azimuth of an object
  12. the device used to measure the altitude of an object

21 Clues: the ocular lens of a telescope • Sun-centered model of the universe • Earth-centered model of the universe • the large lens at the front of the telescope • the device used to measure the azimuth of an object • the device used to measure the altitude of an object • all objects seen in the sky (ex: Sun, Moon, planets, stars) • ...

Topics 1 & 2 Vocab 2014-04-13

Topics 1 & 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a figure that looks like a squashed circle; planets move in elliptical orbits around the Sun
  2. Newton’s law states that all objects attract all other objects and provides an explanation for the planet’s elliptical orbit
  3. a model of the universe that places the Sun at the center, with Earth and planets revolving around it; heliocentric
  4. the device used to measure the altitude of an object
  5. groupings of stars that form patterns, which appear like objects and are given names (ex: Orion, The Big Dipper)
  6. a set of axes of any kind that is used to describe the positions or motions of things
  7. Sun-centered model of the universe
  8. the device used to measure the azimuth of an object
  9. the angle measured above a horizon when determining the location (altitude-azimuth co-ordination) of a celestial body
  10. a model of the universe that places Earth at the center, with the Sun and planets revolving around it ; geocentric
Down
  1. the large lens at the front of the telescope
  2. the lens through which you view a magnified object using a telescope; eyepiece
  3. all objects seen in the sky (ex: Sun, Moon, planets, stars)
  4. a ray of light changing direction when it passes through a new substance
  5. determines the fineness of a detail a telescope can produce of an object view
  6. the location of a celestial body relative to a fixed Earth (as though celestial bodies circled the Earth)
  7. a ray of light changing direction when it bounces off a surface
  8. Earth-centered model of the universe
  9. the angle measured clockwise from North when determining the location (altitude-azimuth co-ordination) of a celestial body
  10. celestial bodies that orbit a star in a solar system (ex: Earth, Mars, Neptune)
  11. the ocular lens of a telescope

21 Clues: the ocular lens of a telescope • Sun-centered model of the universe • Earth-centered model of the universe • the large lens at the front of the telescope • the device used to measure the azimuth of an object • the device used to measure the altitude of an object • all objects seen in the sky (ex: Sun, Moon, planets, stars) • ...

Topics 1 & 2 Vocab 2014-04-13

Topics 1 & 2 Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the device used to measure the altitude of an object
  2. a ray of light changing direction when it passes through a new substance
  3. a set of axes of any kind that is used to describe the positions or motions of things
  4. the lens through which you view a magnified object using a telescope; eyepiece
  5. Earth-centered model of the universe
  6. Newton’s law states that all objects attract all other objects and provides an explanation for the planet’s elliptical orbit
  7. the angle measured above a horizon when determining the location (altitude-azimuth co-ordination) of a celestial body
  8. a model of the universe that places Earth at the center, with the Sun and planets revolving around it ; geocentric
  9. the large lens at the front of the telescope
  10. a model of the universe that places the Sun at the center, with Earth and planets revolving around it; heliocentric
Down
  1. the location of a celestial body relative to a fixed Earth (as though celestial bodies circled the Earth)
  2. the angle measured clockwise from North when determining the location (altitude-azimuth co-ordination) of a celestial body
  3. groupings of stars that form patterns, which appear like objects and are given names (ex: Orion, The Big Dipper)
  4. a ray of light changing direction when it bounces off a surface
  5. the ocular lens of a telescope
  6. a figure that looks like a squashed circle; planets move in elliptical orbits around the Sun
  7. all objects seen in the sky (ex: Sun, Moon, planets, stars)
  8. Sun-centered model of the universe
  9. determines the fineness of a detail a telescope can produce of an object view
  10. the device used to measure the azimuth of an object
  11. celestial bodies that orbit a star in a solar system (ex: Earth, Mars, Neptune)

21 Clues: the ocular lens of a telescope • Sun-centered model of the universe • Earth-centered model of the universe • the large lens at the front of the telescope • the device used to measure the azimuth of an object • the device used to measure the altitude of an object • all objects seen in the sky (ex: Sun, Moon, planets, stars) • ...

ur mom's astronomy crossword puzzle 2024-01-26

ur mom's astronomy crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mercury,Venus,Earth, Mars
  2. Composed of elements heavier than hydrogen and helium; Neptune and Uranus
  3. 600 million years after the Moon formed, there was a second wave of cratering on the Moon.
  4. a region beyond Neptune, extending about 50 AU from the Sun
  5. an enrmous aggregate of gas and dust drifting between the stars
  6. Another term for "outer planets"
  7. tiny dust particles where heavier elements, like carbon and oxygen, can be found.
  8. what is formed when an interstellar cloud collapses; where the planets form
  9. to pass in front of
  10. rocky or metallic bodies
  11. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  12. Steep cliffs that run for hundreds of kilometers across Murcury's surface
Down
  1. Giant planets made of mostly hydrogen and helium; Jupiter and Saturn
  2. When a gas cools and its molecules stick together to form liquid or solid particles
  3. Theory that the Solar System originated from a rotating cloud
  4. Occurs when a force that acts repeatedly on a body constantly reinforces the body's motion
  5. Icy bodies that enter the inner Solar System of highly elongated orbits
  6. the bending of light from a distant star as the stars light travels past our sun
  7. Where most comets orbit; may extend 100,000 AU from the sun
  8. The component of a star's motion in the direction toward or away from Earth
  9. small, planetlike bodies
  10. The progression of distance from the Sun can be expressed with this mathematical relation
  11. Another term for "inner planets"
  12. planets from other solar systems
  13. a stage of planet formation where tiny particles that condensed from the nebula begin to stick together and form bigger pieces

25 Clues: to pass in front of • small, planetlike bodies • rocky or metallic bodies • Mercury,Venus,Earth, Mars • Another term for "inner planets" • Another term for "outer planets" • planets from other solar systems • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • a region beyond Neptune, extending about 50 AU from the Sun • Where most comets orbit; may extend 100,000 AU from the sun • ...

Celestial Objects 2024-02-20

Celestial Objects crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside Earth's atmosphere
  2. remains of a meteoroid that strike the surface of a planet or moon
  3. a celestial body that revolves around a planet
  4. objects that are located in space
  5. a large celestial body that revolves around a star in a solar system
  6. The planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune, whose orbit lie beyond the asteroid belt
  7. a natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet
  8. on or of Earth
  9. a group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements forming a complex whole
  10. large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun
Down
  1. the region between the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun
  2. the force that causes objects with mass to attract one another
  3. a small object that enters Earth's atmosphere from space and burns due to friction, emitting light
  4. the rocky, terrestrial planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, whose orbits are inside the asteroid belt
  5. a celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongate and elliptical orbit
  6. a star and the group of planets and other celestial bodies that are held by its gravitation attraction and revolve around it
  7. a curved path followed by a satellite as it revolves around an object
  8. glowing, heated dust and vaporized gas that surrounds the icy comet nucleus as it travels near the Sun
  9. a celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy is generated by nuclear reactions in its interior
  10. the luminous star around which Earth and other planets revolve

20 Clues: on or of Earth • objects that are located in space • a celestial body that revolves around a planet • a natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet • large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the Sun • the force that causes objects with mass to attract one another • the luminous star around which Earth and other planets revolve • ...

Unit 11 Vocab - Solar System 2025-04-19

Unit 11 Vocab - Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Kepler's 1st Law says planets orbit the sun in this shape.
  2. - a type of planet with a rocky surface and thin atmosphere
  3. - a spherical body which orbits the sun and has cleared its neighborhood.
  4. - a region past Neptune where four dwarf planets live.
  5. - an icy and rocky body which orbits the sun and has a distinct "tail."
  6. - a piece of space debris on the surface of a planet.
  7. - the "father" of heliocentrism
  8. - This force, along with inertia, keeps planets in orbit around the sun.
  9. - A model of the universe with Earth at the center.
  10. - discoverer of Venus' phases and four moons of Jupiter.
  11. - The four largest moons of Jupiter are called this
  12. - A model of the solar system with the sun at the center.
  13. - When planets appear to move backward in their orbit
  14. - a piece of space debris approaching a planet
  15. - Uranus and Neptune are this type of planet
  16. - the largest volcano in the solar system on Mars
Down
  1. - Aristotle's model of the solar system with rotating concentric spheres around Earth
  2. - a region found between Jupiter and Mars
  3. - A moon
  4. - The publisher of the theory of universal gravitation
  5. - the largest storm in the solar system
  6. - a spherical body which orbits the sun but has not cleared its neighborhood.
  7. - The simplest explanation is often the best.
  8. - a piece of space debris in the atmosphere of a planet
  9. - a rocky body which orbits the sun in a belt but is not spherical
  10. - a type of planet with a small core and giant atmosphere
  11. - the outermost region of the solar system
  12. - Kepler's 2nd law says planets move _______ when closer to the sun.
  13. - Jupiter and Saturn are this type of planet

29 Clues: - A moon • - the "father" of heliocentrism • - the largest storm in the solar system • - a region found between Jupiter and Mars • - the outermost region of the solar system • - Jupiter and Saturn are this type of planet • - Uranus and Neptune are this type of planet • - The simplest explanation is often the best. • - a piece of space debris approaching a planet • ...

Astronomy definitions 2025-10-03

Astronomy definitions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. small, round space object that orbits the Sun but isn’t big enough to clear other objects from its path (2 words)
  2. small, rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars(2 words)
  3. – giant shell of icy objects far, far away from the Sun, thought to be the source of many comets (2 words)
  4. powerful space telescope that helps us see deep into the universe (3 words)
  5. distance light travels in one year — super far! (about 9.5 trillion km)(2 words)
  6. Star at the centre of our Solar System that gives Earth light and heat.
  7. galaxy that contains our Solar System (2 words)
  8. Icy space objects that form glowing tails when they get close to the Sun.
  9. spot in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape(2 words)
  10. Everything that exists: space, time, stars, galaxies, and planets.
  11. group of stars that form a pattern or picture in the sky.
Down
  1. giant lab orbiting Earth where astronauts live and do experiments (3 words)
  2. Space objects that orbit the Sun beyond Neptune, like Pluto and Eris (3 words)
  3. region between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocks and small objects called asteroids (2 words)
  4. large, round object that orbits a star, like Earth around the Sun.
  5. Small bits of rock or dust that burn up as they fall through Earth’s atmosphere.
  6. big gas planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (2 words)
  7. Another name for meteors — they look like stars streaking across the sky (2 words)
  8. massive explosion that happens when a big star dies.
  9. Robots that explore the surface of other planets or moons.
  10. star near the end of its life that expands and becomes very large and cool (3 words)
  11. huge collection of stars, planets, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
  12. natural satellite that orbits a planet.
  13. zone beyond Neptune full of icy objects, including dwarf planets like Pluto(2 words)
  14. meteor that survives its fall through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.

25 Clues: natural satellite that orbits a planet. • galaxy that contains our Solar System (2 words) • massive explosion that happens when a big star dies. • group of stars that form a pattern or picture in the sky. • Robots that explore the surface of other planets or moons. • small, rocky planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars(2 words) • ...

Space Vocab 2020-05-12

Space Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the study of space
  2. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
  3. A calander that shows the dates of the year
  4. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
  5. planet a small planet
  6. all existing matter and space considered as a whole
  7. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun
  8. s the distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year
  9. the natural satellite of the earth,
  10. a theoretical cloud of predominantly icy planetesimals proposed to surround the Sun
  11. a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars, that is occupied by a great many solid, irregularly shaped bodies, of many sizes but much smaller than planets, called asteroids or minor planets
Down
  1. Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Solar System
  2. weight of something
  3. a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice
  4. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
  5. system the 8 planets and the orbit of the moon
  6. an imaginary line about which a body rotates.
  7. a superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center
  8. a large light in the sky at night

19 Clues: the study of space • weight of something • planet a small planet • a large light in the sky at night • the natural satellite of the earth, • A calander that shows the dates of the year • an imaginary line about which a body rotates. • system the 8 planets and the orbit of the moon • all existing matter and space considered as a whole • ...

Stars & Planets 2025-02-25

Stars & Planets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. describes when there is not a lot of visible light; the opposite of bright
  2. a large, round object in outer space that orbits a star
  3. the second planet from the Sun in our solar system
  4. circling another object, like the Earth around the Sun
  5. the sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system
  6. the first planet from the Sun in our solar system
  7. a panel that can absorb the Sun's light to use as a source of energy
  8. the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system
  9. the amount of space between two things
  10. describes when there is a lot of visible light; the opposite of dim
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  1. the fifth planet from the Sun in our solar system
  2. the eighth planet from the Sun in our solar system
  3. all the planets and other objects that orbit around a star
  4. the third planet from the Sun in our solar system
  5. the seventh planet from the Sun in our solar system
  6. energy from the Sun that can warm things up and be made into electricity a renewable resource

16 Clues: the amount of space between two things • the fifth planet from the Sun in our solar system • the sixth planet from the Sun in our solar system • the first planet from the Sun in our solar system • the third planet from the Sun in our solar system • the eighth planet from the Sun in our solar system • the second planet from the Sun in our solar system • ...

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond 2020-10-23

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 3rd planet from the Sun
  2. everything we know of exists within this (the largest scale)
  3. a theory which attempts to explain the formation of the universe as starting from an explosion from a singular point and everything continued to expand out at a rapid rate
  4. a key piece of evidence used to support the Big Bang theory
  5. supported the idea of the geocentric model of the solar system
  6. the farthest region where some comets originate from
  7. _________ planets is another name given to the inner planets (made of solid rock)
  8. the science of the study of space and beyond
  9. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the planets (we have one that orbits us)
  10. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system (our sun is the closest we can see)
  11. what an object is made up of
  12. The streak of light seen when a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning. Also known as a “falling star” or “shooting star”.
  13. ________ planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (farthest from the Sun)
  14. first introduced the idea of the Big Bang theory
  15. ________ planets are the outer planets which are made of mostly gas and have an icy core
  16. the most popular asteroid because it’s the largest (so large and unique that it’s called a dwarf planet)
  17. ________ planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (closest to the Sun)
  18. the 8th planet from the Sun
  19. where a planet completely orbits the sun (determines the length of its year)
  20. next biggest thing we know of within our universe (a large group of stars and matter bound together by gravity)
  21. an object completely moves around a center point due to their gravitational attraction (can be circular or elliptical)
  22. the 4th planet from the Sun
  23. first proposed the geocentric model of the solar system
  24. the name of our galaxy
  25. the 2nd planet from the Sun
  26. where a planet spins on its axis (determines the length of its day)
  27. model of the solar system where Sun is the center (second model and proven correct)
Down
  1. an object located in outer space (outside of Earth’s atmosphere)
  2. Large rocks leftover from the formation of our solar system. They are generally in orbit between Mars and Jupiter, but sometimes get bounced towards Earth.
  3. we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy
  4. a force that brings objects with mass towards each other (pulled together by attraction)
  5. next biggest thing we know of within our galaxy (our sun being orbited by our planets)
  6. the name of the arm that we live on within our galaxy
  7. the 7th planet from the Sun
  8. model of the solar system where Earth is the center (original/first model and proven incorrect)
  9. the 5th planet from the Sun
  10. a type of rotation of a planet in which it rotates in the opposite direction of the majority of the planets within our solar system (2 of our planets do this)
  11. the 6th planet from the Sun
  12. A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system (Oort cloud and/or Kuiper Belt) and often accompanied by a coma and a tail.
  13. A space rock bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid. Most are a result of asteroid collision and comet debris but haven’t entered Earth’s atmosphere.
  14. the beginning, or starting point of something
  15. the most popular comet to us because it’s the only one we can see every 75-76 years from Earth (the shortest orbiting comet)
  16. A piece of rock that doesn’t entirely burn up when moving through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth’s surface.
  17. the weight of an object due to what (or how much) “stuff” it is made up of
  18. the closest planet to the Sun
  19. an object in motion stays in motion and an object a rest stays at rest unless acted upon by a force
  20. where asteroids orbit the Sun
  21. proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
  22. the closest region where some comets originate from
  23. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the Sun (we have 8 of these and live on one of them)
  24. ________ planets is another name given to the gas giant planets
  25. confirmed the heliocentric model of the solar system with his telescope invention (his invention also helped support evidence for the Big Bang theory)

52 Clues: the name of our galaxy • the 3rd planet from the Sun • the 7th planet from the Sun • the 5th planet from the Sun • the 6th planet from the Sun • the 8th planet from the Sun • the 4th planet from the Sun • the 2nd planet from the Sun • what an object is made up of • the closest planet to the Sun • where asteroids orbit the Sun • we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy • ...

Model Solar System 2024-09-11

Model Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Fourth planet from the Sun
  2. Planet we live on
  3. Sixth planet from the Sun
  4. Seventh planet from the Sun
  5. Second planet from the Sun
  6. The first of the outer planets
  7. Last planet in our solar system
Down
  1. Closest planet to the Sun
  2. Furthest planet from the Sun
  3. The main __________ belt is between Mars and Jupiter
  4. Planets closest to the Sun
  5. Is not a planet anymore
  6. Planets furthest from the Sun
  7. The star of our solar system

14 Clues: Planet we live on • Is not a planet anymore • Closest planet to the Sun • Sixth planet from the Sun • Fourth planet from the Sun • Planets closest to the Sun • Second planet from the Sun • Seventh planet from the Sun • Furthest planet from the Sun • The star of our solar system • Planets furthest from the Sun • The first of the outer planets • Last planet in our solar system • ...

Science Vocabulary 2015-06-03

Science Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What is the smallest planet?
  2. What type of animal only eats plants?
  3. What percentage of the earth is covered in oceans and seas?
  4. The abbreviation for the order of the color in the visible spectrum?
  5. What is the first step to the scientific method?
  6. What is the amplification of sound by the force of vibration?
  7. What is it called when sound waves spread matter apart?
  8. What tool would you use to measure wind speed?
  9. planets Planets that are closer to the sun?
  10. What is the biggest planet?
  11. What is the control center of a cell called?
  12. What is the boundary between air masses of different temperatures and humidity?
  13. What color can we see because it reflects all of the visible light spectrum
Down
  1. What “tools” do you use to observe in an experiment?
  2. What is the storage center of a cell called?
  3. planets Planets that are further from the sun?
  4. What is the force of water pressing on an object called?
  5. The rapid back and forth motion of an object called?
  6. What animal eats only meat?
  7. What animal eats plants and meat?
  8. What color can we see because it absorbs all of the colors of the visible light spectrum?
  9. What is the very bottom part of a wavelength called?

22 Clues: What animal eats only meat? • What is the biggest planet? • What is the smallest planet? • What animal eats plants and meat? • What type of animal only eats plants? • planets Planets that are closer to the sun? • What is the storage center of a cell called? • What is the control center of a cell called? • planets Planets that are further from the sun? • ...

Hemphill Soloar System 2024-10-22

Hemphill Soloar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Resistance a surface encounters when moving over another
  2. Hottest planet
  3. the shape of a comet's or planet's orbit
  4. any natural body outside of Earth's atmosphere
  5. Gas planet with visible rings
  6. Made up of a nucleus of ice and dust
  7. The largest planet
  8. Bowl shaped cavity made on the surface of a planet or moon
  9. planets that are also called terrestial
  10. Small, rapidly moving meteor burning up in Earth's atmosphere
  11. Two-thirds of the surface covered by water
  12. Small body of matter from outer space that enters Earth's atmoshpere
Down
  1. Great dark spot
  2. A natural force of attraction exerted by one object on another object
  3. The spinning of a planet on its axis
  4. region beyond Neptune that contains comets, ateroids, an other bodies made of ice
  5. Planets made mostly of gas
  6. Another word for a moon orbiting a planet
  7. Axis tilted on its side
  8. Of or from outside of Earth
  9. shell of cometary bodies far beyond the outermost planets
  10. The elliptical path of the planets
  11. Closest planet to the Sun
  12. The envelope of gases surrounding the Earth or another planet
  13. The period of time it takes a planet to go around the Sun
  14. A meteor that survives the Earth's atmosphere and lands on the ground

26 Clues: Hottest planet • Great dark spot • The largest planet • Axis tilted on its side • Closest planet to the Sun • Planets made mostly of gas • Of or from outside of Earth • Gas planet with visible rings • The elliptical path of the planets • The spinning of a planet on its axis • Made up of a nucleus of ice and dust • planets that are also called terrestial • ...

Q1 science 2025-11-01

Q1 science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -Things that over time build up and hold fossils and history with layers
  2. -These laws tell us where older, newer, or interrupted rock layers are
  3. -A force the pulls humans towards earth
  4. -This helps us show where the season is at and where the axis is positioned
  5. -When the moon is losing light in the moon phases
  6. -When an object spins on its axis
  7. -A group of planets that are called Jovian planets with rings
  8. -A group of planets called Terrestrial planets
Down
  1. -This depends on if it's northern or southern hemisphere is tilted towers the sun
  2. -When the Earth is between the sun and the moon and no rings
  3. -When the moon is losing darkness in the moon phases
  4. -Preserved skeletons of ancient animals
  5. -When the moon is between the sun and the Earth
  6. -When an object spins around another object
  7. -It is a thing that hold hundreds of moons and a lot of solar systems and gravity forms it
  8. -Ancient organisms that are preserved in rock

16 Clues: -When an object spins on its axis • -Preserved skeletons of ancient animals • -A force the pulls humans towards earth • -When an object spins around another object • -Ancient organisms that are preserved in rock • -A group of planets called Terrestrial planets • -When the moon is between the sun and the Earth • -When the moon is losing light in the moon phases • ...

Q1 science review 2025-10-30

Q1 science review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. -This helps us show where the season is at and where the axis is positioned
  2. -These laws tell us where older, newer, or interrupted rock layers are
  3. -It is a thing that hold hundreds of moons and a lot of solar systems and gravity forms it
  4. -This depends on if it's northern or southern hemisphere is tilted towers the sun
  5. -A group of planets called Terrestrial planets
  6. -When an object spins on its axis
  7. -Ancient organisms that are preserved in rock
  8. -Preserved skeletons of ancient animals
Down
  1. -When the Earth is between the sun and the moon and no rings
  2. -When the moon is between the sun and the Earth
  3. -When the moon is losing darkness in the moon phases
  4. -Things that over time build up and hold fossils and history with layers
  5. -When an object spins around another object
  6. -When the moon is losing light in the moon phases
  7. -A force the pulls humans towards earth
  8. -A group of planets that are called Jovian planets with rings

16 Clues: -When an object spins on its axis • -A force the pulls humans towards earth • -Preserved skeletons of ancient animals • -When an object spins around another object • -Ancient organisms that are preserved in rock • -A group of planets called Terrestrial planets • -When the moon is between the sun and the Earth • -When the moon is losing light in the moon phases • ...

Gr 5 T4 Module 1 Scavenger Hunt (Planet Earth) 2023-09-14

Gr 5 T4 Module 1 Scavenger Hunt (Planet Earth) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Pluto is known as a ___ planet.
  2. The only planet with liquid water.
  3. During summer, the days are: longer, shorter, or equal to night?
  4. Planets revolve around the Sun, ___ revolve around planets.
  5. The 5th planet from the Sun.
  6. The invisible line that a planet spins on.
  7. The type of movement when a planet spins.
Down
  1. The type of movement when a planet travels around the Sun.
  2. When it is spring in the Northern Hemisphere, what season is it in the South?
  3. We have __ seasons on Earth.
  4. The name of the pathway that planets travel along around the Sun.
  5. When the Southern Hemisphere is tipped towards the sun, the Northern Hemisphere will have:
  6. The Sun is not a planet, it is a ___.
  7. How many planets are in the Solar system?

14 Clues: We have __ seasons on Earth. • The 5th planet from the Sun. • Pluto is known as a ___ planet. • The only planet with liquid water. • The Sun is not a planet, it is a ___. • How many planets are in the Solar system? • The type of movement when a planet spins. • The invisible line that a planet spins on. • The type of movement when a planet travels around the Sun. • ...

Milky Way 2022-01-26

Milky Way crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extreme region of massive black holes
  2. the galaxy are solor system is in
  3. an object orbiting around the sun
  4. 8 planets and there moons in orbit around the sun
  5. the name milky way comes from
  6. a circle of white or colored light around the sun an moon
  7. small planet
  8. a dwarf planet with the letter P
  9. are planet is in
  10. are planet
Down
  1. distance light travels in a year
  2. stars,planets and more things that go from the center of the milky way to its edges
  3. bulge of stars surrounding the nucleus
  4. the man to disover the milky way
  5. the space above and below the disk
  6. contains are dust and gas
  7. the shape of the milky way
  8. a system of billion od stars

18 Clues: are planet • small planet • are planet is in • contains are dust and gas • the shape of the milky way • a system of billion od stars • the name milky way comes from • distance light travels in a year • the man to disover the milky way • a dwarf planet with the letter P • the galaxy are solor system is in • an object orbiting around the sun • the space above and below the disk • ...

Module 21: The Sun-Earth-Moon System and Module 22: Our Solar System 2025-03-04

Module 21: The Sun-Earth-Moon System and Module 22: Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Both the _____ and the _____between two bodies determines the force of gravity between them. (two words – page 612)
  2. Form when objects from space crash into the lunar surface. (two words – page 587)
  3. Planets move _____ when they are ______ to the Sun. (two words – page 611)
  4. Type of planets that have a similar density to Earth and have solid, rocky surfaces. (page 614)
  5. The attractive force between two objects. (page 612)
  6. In Kepler’s third law of planetary motion, he determined that the mathematical relationship between the _____ of a planet’s ellipse and its orbital _____. (two words – page 611)
  7. Heavily cratered regions of the moon that are light in color and mountainous. (page 587)
  8. Type of planets that are all very large, made of primarily lightweight elements with interiors that are either gas or liquids, and they might have small, solid cores. (two words – page 621)
  9. The apparent backward movement of a planet. (two words – page 609)
  10. Shape of Earth and all other planets make as they orbit around the Sun. (page 610)
  11. A layer of loose, ground-up rock caused by a time of heavy bombardment in the first 800 million years of the Moon’s formation. (page 588)
  12. Earth’s daily motion that causes objects like the Sun, Moon, planets and stars to rise in the east and set in the west. (page 591)
Down
  1. dark, relatively smooth plains, which average 3km lower in elevation. (page 587)
  2. Type of mineral that makes up the moon and similar to those of Earth. (page 588)
  3. The time period from one noon to the next. (two words – page 591)
  4. Sun-centered model of the solar system where Earth and all the other planets orbit the Sun. (page 610)
  5. Welled up from the Moon’s interior and filled in the large impact basins, forming the maria. (page 589)
  6. Unit of measurement that is equal to the average distance between the Earth and Sun. (two words – page 610)
  7. Colliding particles that merge, ranging in size from one kilometer to hundreds of kilometers in diameter. (page 608)
  8. Consists mostly of hydrogen and helium, with small amounts of other elements and dust that eventually form the stars and planets. (two words – page 606).
  9. Material blasted out during the lunar impacts. (page 587)
  10. Theory that explains how the moon formed, which was caused by a collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object. (three words – 590)
  11. A cycle of the seasons is a result of Earth’s _____ and Earth’s _____ motion around the Sun. (two words – page 592)
  12. Because the Moon has no _____ to absorb heat, sunlight can heat the Moon’s surface to 400 K (127°C), while the temperature of its unlit surface can drop to a chilly 40 K (-233°C). (page 587)
  13. Earth centered model of the solar system where the Sun and all the other planets orbit the Earth. (page 609)

25 Clues: The attractive force between two objects. (page 612) • Material blasted out during the lunar impacts. (page 587) • The time period from one noon to the next. (two words – page 591) • The apparent backward movement of a planet. (two words – page 609) • Planets move _____ when they are ______ to the Sun. (two words – page 611) • ...

Week 18 Science Quiz REDO 2024-12-15

Week 18 Science Quiz REDO crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need
  2. planets that are large and made mostly of gas
  3. small rocks that orbit the sun and occasionally enter Earth’s atmosphere
  4. the collection of planets and other objects that move in a path around a star
  5. planets that are large and made mostly of ice
  6. the force that pulls all objects toward each other
  7. a collection of gases, ice, and dust that orbits the sun
Down
  1. large pieces of rock that orbit the sun
  2. a collection of billions of stars
  3. a type of planet with a center core of hot and melted metal
  4. all of space and everything in it including the planets, stars, and galaxies
  5. a tool that helps us see distant objects more clearly
  6. spin
  7. invisible heat or light energy
  8. the path around a body with gravity

15 Clues: spin • invisible heat or light energy • a collection of billions of stars • the path around a body with gravity • large pieces of rock that orbit the sun • planets that are large and made mostly of gas • planets that are large and made mostly of ice • the force that pulls all objects toward each other • a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need • ...

Week 18 Science Quiz REDO 2024-12-15

Week 18 Science Quiz REDO crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a collection of billions of stars
  2. the force that pulls all objects toward each other
  3. the path around a body with gravity
  4. all of space and everything in it including the planets, stars, and galaxies
  5. a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need
  6. small rocks that orbit the sun and occasionally enter Earth’s atmosphere
  7. large pieces of rock that orbit the sun
  8. a type of planet with a center core of hot and melted metal
Down
  1. planets that are large and made mostly of ice
  2. a tool that helps us see distant objects more clearly
  3. invisible heat or light energy
  4. the collection of planets and other objects that move in a path around a star
  5. a collection of gases, ice, and dust that orbits the sun
  6. planets that are large and made mostly of gas
  7. spin

15 Clues: spin • invisible heat or light energy • a collection of billions of stars • the path around a body with gravity • large pieces of rock that orbit the sun • planets that are large and made mostly of ice • planets that are large and made mostly of gas • the force that pulls all objects toward each other • a type of invisible energy from the sun that we need • ...

chapter 1 2024-11-19

chapter 1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The gaseous envelope surrounding Earth.
  2. The shape of Earth, which is slightly flattened at the poles.
  3. All the water on Earth's surface, including oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  4. The frozen water part of Earth's system.
  5. The regions of Earth where life exists.
  6. Angular distance east or west of the prime meridian.
  7. The latitude line at 0 degrees.
  8. The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the Sun.
Down
  1. A line of latitude circling Earth parallel to the equator.
  2. The rigid outer layer of Earth, including the crust and upper mantle.
  3. loop A system where outputs affect inputs, either amplifying or reducing changes.
  4. Planets closer to the Sun, smaller and rockier than outer planets.
  5. The movement of Earth around the Sun, taking about one year.
  6. Angular distance north or south of the equator.
  7. Outer planets made mostly of gas and much larger than inner planets.

15 Clues: The latitude line at 0 degrees. • The gaseous envelope surrounding Earth. • The regions of Earth where life exists. • The frozen water part of Earth's system. • Angular distance north or south of the equator. • Angular distance east or west of the prime meridian. • The point in Earth's orbit when it is closest to the Sun. • ...

Space Crossword 2026-05-21

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another name for the inner planets
  2. Another name for outer planets
  3. This planets period of rotation is longer than its period of revolution
  4. Mixture of rock, ice, and dust, and orbit the sun in long elliotical orbits
  5. Small rocky partical that moves through space
  6. A meteoride that strikes a planet or a moon
  7. On this planet they have a variety of life because of the moderate temperature range
  8. A meteoroid that has entered earths atmosphere producing a streak of light
Down
  1. Was once classified as a planet but now considered a dwarf planet
  2. Chunks of rock and ice that never clumped together like the rocks and ice that formed inner planets
  3. round depression formed on the surface of a planet
  4. THe time it takes an object to complete one rotation
  5. This planet is the least dense planet
  6. The largest planet in the atmosphere
  7. Smallest planet and planet closest to the sun

15 Clues: Another name for outer planets • Another name for the inner planets • The largest planet in the atmosphere • This planet is the least dense planet • A meteoride that strikes a planet or a moon • Small rocky partical that moves through space • Smallest planet and planet closest to the sun • round depression formed on the surface of a planet • ...

UNIT 10: Martian marvels 2024-05-01

UNIT 10: Martian marvels crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The moment when the spacecraft leaves the ground.
  2. Martian ... is not suitable to grow plants.
  3. A vehicle designed to travel in outer space.
  4. This person searches living organisms in other planets.
  5. This person analyses rocks from other planets.
  6. This person designs new equipment to travel to other planets.
Down
  1. The controlled descent of the spacecraft on the surface of a planet.
  2. Astronauts wear...
  3. Compartment in the spacecraft where astronauts stay during a mission.
  4. A man-made object placed in orbit around a celestial body.
  5. Used to describe a space exploration.
  6. The group of people who travel abroad a spacecraft.
  7. This person studies how plants grow on another planets.
  8. A robotic vehicle designed to explore the surface of a planet or other celestial body.

14 Clues: Astronauts wear... • Used to describe a space exploration. • Martian ... is not suitable to grow plants. • A vehicle designed to travel in outer space. • This person analyses rocks from other planets. • The moment when the spacecraft leaves the ground. • The group of people who travel abroad a spacecraft. • This person searches living organisms in other planets. • ...

Space 2025-07-23

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. First artificial satellite (launched by USSR)
  2. Force that keeps planets in orbit
  3. To send a spacecraft into space
  4. The "Red Planet"
  5. Moon mission program of the 1960s-70s
  6. The universe seen as a well-ordered whole
  7. Robotic vehicle traveling to other planets
  8. First name of the first man to walk on the moon
  9. Massive system of stars, dust, and gas
Down
  1. Planet with prominent rings
  2. Instrument used to observe distant stars and planets
  3. US agency for space missions
  4. A detachable section of a spacecraft
  5. Person trained to travel in space
  6. Path followed by a satellite

15 Clues: The "Red Planet" • Planet with prominent rings • US agency for space missions • Path followed by a satellite • To send a spacecraft into space • Force that keeps planets in orbit • Person trained to travel in space • A detachable section of a spacecraft • Moon mission program of the 1960s-70s • Massive system of stars, dust, and gas • The universe seen as a well-ordered whole • ...

Milky Way 2022-01-26

Milky Way crossword puzzle
Across
  1. extreme region of massive black holes
  2. the galaxy are solor system is in
  3. an object orbiting around the sun
  4. 8 planets and there moons in orbit around the sun
  5. the name milky way comes from
  6. a circle of white or colored light around the sun an moon
  7. small planet
  8. a dwarf planet with the letter P
  9. are planet is in
  10. are planet
Down
  1. distance light travels in a year
  2. stars,planets and more things that go from the center of the milky way to its edges
  3. bulge of stars surrounding the nucleus
  4. the man to disover the milky way
  5. the space above and below the disk
  6. contains are dust and gas
  7. the shape of the milky way
  8. a system of billion od stars

18 Clues: are planet • small planet • are planet is in • contains are dust and gas • the shape of the milky way • a system of billion od stars • the name milky way comes from • distance light travels in a year • the man to disover the milky way • a dwarf planet with the letter P • the galaxy are solor system is in • an object orbiting around the sun • the space above and below the disk • ...

spacee 2022-04-26

spacee crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the fifth planet in our solar system
  2. Area of space that contains as many as several thousand galaxies
  3. Estimated number of galaxies in the universe(it has to be a word not a number)
  4. A large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light
  5. second plant in our solar system
  6. The four planets that orbit closest to our sun
  7. small galaxy consisting of as few as 100 million stars
  8. fourth planet our solar system
  9. Space and all matter and energy in it
  10. a galaxy we live on
  11. The four planets that orbit farthest from the sun
  12. Look like spheres or ovals, and they do not have spiral arms
  13. The process that produces energy in stars
Down
  1. Area of space that contains as many as ten or more clusters of galaxies
  2. Number of planets that orbit our sun
  3. a central bulge from which two or more spiral arms extend
  4. Small bodies that orbit planets
  5. the eight planet in our solar system
  6. the six planet in our solar system
  7. A large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity
  8. a planet that we live on
  9. A spherical body that orbits the sun
  10. The collection of large and small bodies that orbit our central star
  11. Appear as splotchy, irregularly shaped blobs and Very active areas of star formation
  12. Area of space where very little matter exists
  13. a planet that is close to the sun
  14. The distance that light travels through space in 1 year
  15. the seventh planet in our solar system

28 Clues: a galaxy we live on • a planet that we live on • fourth planet our solar system • Small bodies that orbit planets • second plant in our solar system • a planet that is close to the sun • the six planet in our solar system • Number of planets that orbit our sun • the fifth planet in our solar system • the eight planet in our solar system • A spherical body that orbits the sun • ...

Solar System Crossword 2026-02-17

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A round object that orbits the Sun but has not cleared other objects out of its path.
  2. The force that pulls objects toward each other. It keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
  3. An icy object that orbits the Sun and forms a glowing tail when it gets close to the Sun.
  4. Known for its large ring system.
  5. A meteoroid that survives its trip through the atmosphere and lands on Earth.
  6. The four large gas planets furthest from the Sun: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
  7. Known as the 'red planet'.
  8. A small rock that orbits the Sun. It is smaller than an asteroid.
  9. An object that orbits a planet.
  10. Planet that rotates on its side.
  11. The hottest planet.
  12. The four rocky planets closest to the Sun: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars.
  13. The largest planet.
  14. A region between Mars and Jupiter where many asteroids orbit the Sun.
  15. The smallest planet.
Down
  1. An imaginary line through the center of a planet that it spins around.
  2. The number of planets in our solar system.
  3. The Sun is mainly composed of this gas.
  4. A large object that orbits the Sun, is round, and clears its path of debris.
  5. A meteoroid that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up (a “shooting star”).
  6. The Sun and all the objects that travel around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.
  7. Planet furthest from the sun.
  8. A doughnut shaped ring located beyond Neptune.
  9. The only planet that supports life.
  10. The spinning of a planet on its axis (causes day and night).
  11. The only star in our solar system.
  12. A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter.

27 Clues: The hottest planet. • The largest planet. • The smallest planet. • Known as the 'red planet'. • Planet furthest from the sun. • An object that orbits a planet. • Known for its large ring system. • Planet that rotates on its side. • The only star in our solar system. • The only planet that supports life. • The Sun is mainly composed of this gas. • ...

Space Unit Test Vocabulary 2024-10-28

Space Unit Test Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the characteristic of a star that determines its life-cycle
  2. the reason why we only see one side of the Moon
  3. largest planet in the solar system
  4. season that the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing when it is titled towards the Sun
  5. causes tides on Earth
  6. can create impact craters on planets and moons
  7. chunks of rock and ice that never clumped together in the same way as the inner planets
  8. made of rocks, dust, and ice - orbit the Sun in long elliptical orbits
  9. hottest planet in the solar system
  10. term used to indicate the four planets closest to the sun
  11. only dwarf planet located in the inner solar system
  12. used to measure distances beyond our solar system
  13. the Moon's shadow falls on the Earth during a ____________ eclipse
Down
  1. when the Northern Hemisphere is either titled as close to or as far from the Sun as it will be all year
  2. term used to indicate the four planets farthest from the Sun
  3. where all dwarf planets except one are located
  4. both hemispheres experience equal amounts of day and night on these special days
  5. coldest planet in the solar system
  6. a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere
  7. season that the Northern Hemisphere is experiencing when it is titled away from the Sun
  8. smallest planet in the solar system
  9. unit used to measure distances within our solar system
  10. when the wavelengths of color are stretched, evidence that the universe is expanding
  11. the process through which stars generate their energy
  12. the Earth's shadow falls on the Moon during a ____________ eclipse

25 Clues: causes tides on Earth • largest planet in the solar system • coldest planet in the solar system • hottest planet in the solar system • smallest planet in the solar system • where all dwarf planets except one are located • can create impact craters on planets and moons • the reason why we only see one side of the Moon • a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere • ...

Beyond Earth 2025-10-20

Beyond Earth crossword puzzle
Across
  1. asteroids spends most of their time in Earth’s orbit
  2. “shooting star”
  3. The small bodies being part of the Solar system are referred as _____.
  4. asteroid made up of nickel and silicate
  5. It separates the eight planets into half.
  6. The farthest distance from the sun.
  7. the cloud where most comets come from
  8. coined the term “asteroid”
  9. The four planets farther to the sun are the ____ solar system.
  10. the biggest asteroid
  11. When several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere at great speeds.
  12. the asteroids that are bright
  13. the amount of light reflected by a celestial object
  14. the solid mass in a comet
  15. the task force who assigns names to meteor showers
  16. the meteor shower that originates from Orion
  17. It means that the orbits are not confined to the plane of the solar system.
  18. “planetoid / miniature planets”
Down
  1. the meteor shower that came from an asteroid 2003EH1
  2. It is the system of stars.
  3. small chunks of space debris
  4. “dirty snowballs”
  5. The center of our solar system.
  6. formed when a comet gets closer to the Sun
  7. asteroids that cross but spend most of their time outside Earth’s orbit
  8. the meteor shower that originates from Leo
  9. the meteor shower that originates from Perseus
  10. the impact crater that hit Mexico
  11. The four planets closest to the sun are the ____ solar system.
  12. It is a diagram that shows the sun is the center.
  13. asteroids that approach but do not cross Earth’s orbit.
  14. when it hits the Earth’s ground
  15. asteroids mostly made up of carbon
  16. It is composed of the sun and the eight planets.
  17. The closest distance from the sun.
  18. way We are in this galaxy.

36 Clues: “shooting star” • “dirty snowballs” • the biggest asteroid • the solid mass in a comet • It is the system of stars. • coined the term “asteroid” • way We are in this galaxy. • small chunks of space debris • the asteroids that are bright • The center of our solar system. • when it hits the Earth’s ground • “planetoid / miniature planets” • the impact crater that hit Mexico • ...

Q1 Reflection Crossword Puzzle 2025-10-30

Q1 Reflection Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. These planets are also known as gas giants
  2. When the moon is fully lit from Earth's view
  3. The law of superposition helps scientists find the ____ age of rocks
  4. The season in the Northern hemisphere when it is pointed toward the sun
  5. The type of eclipse when the Earth blocks the sun's light from reaching the moon
  6. To spin on an axis
  7. To move around another object
Down
  1. Only _____ planets have a true surface
  2. Gravity makes matter clump together to form ____, rocks, and planets
  3. The _____ layers of rock are at the bottom in undisturbed layers of rock
  4. The remains or impressions of ancient organisms preserved in rock
  5. Why seasons occur
  6. The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun
  7. When the moon is fully darkened from Earth's view
  8. The type of eclipse when the moon blocks the sun's light from reaching Earth light from reaching a part of Earth
  9. ____ fossils are used to define and identify geologic periods.

16 Clues: Why seasons occur • To spin on an axis • To move around another object • Only _____ planets have a true surface • These planets are also known as gas giants • When the moon is fully lit from Earth's view • When the moon is fully darkened from Earth's view • The force that keeps the planets in orbit around the sun • ...

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond 2020-10-23

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 3rd planet from the Sun
  2. everything we know of exists within this (the largest scale)
  3. a theory which attempts to explain the formation of the universe as starting from an explosion from a singular point and everything continued to expand out at a rapid rate
  4. a key piece of evidence used to support the Big Bang theory
  5. supported the idea of the geocentric model of the solar system
  6. the farthest region where some comets originate from
  7. _________ planets is another name given to the inner planets (made of solid rock)
  8. the science of the study of space and beyond
  9. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the planets (we have one that orbits us)
  10. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system (our sun is the closest we can see)
  11. what an object is made up of
  12. The streak of light seen when a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning. Also known as a “falling star” or “shooting star”.
  13. ________ planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (farthest from the Sun)
  14. first introduced the idea of the Big Bang theory
  15. ________ planets are the outer planets which are made of mostly gas and have an icy core
  16. the most popular asteroid because it’s the largest (so large and unique that it’s called a dwarf planet)
  17. ________ planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (closest to the Sun)
  18. the 8th planet from the Sun
  19. where a planet completely orbits the sun (determines the length of its year)
  20. next biggest thing we know of within our universe (a large group of stars and matter bound together by gravity)
  21. an object completely moves around a center point due to their gravitational attraction (can be circular or elliptical)
  22. the 4th planet from the Sun
  23. first proposed the geocentric model of the solar system
  24. the name of our galaxy
  25. the 2nd planet from the Sun
  26. where a planet spins on its axis (determines the length of its day)
  27. model of the solar system where Sun is the center (second model and proven correct)
Down
  1. an object located in outer space (outside of Earth’s atmosphere)
  2. Large rocks leftover from the formation of our solar system. They are generally in orbit between Mars and Jupiter, but sometimes get bounced towards Earth.
  3. we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy
  4. a force that brings objects with mass towards each other (pulled together by attraction)
  5. next biggest thing we know of within our galaxy (our sun being orbited by our planets)
  6. the name of the arm that we live on within our galaxy
  7. the 7th planet from the Sun
  8. model of the solar system where Earth is the center (original/first model and proven incorrect)
  9. the 5th planet from the Sun
  10. a type of rotation of a planet in which it rotates in the opposite direction of the majority of the planets within our solar system (2 of our planets do this)
  11. the 6th planet from the Sun
  12. A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system (Oort cloud and/or Kuiper Belt) and often accompanied by a coma and a tail.
  13. A space rock bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid. Most are a result of asteroid collision and comet debris but haven’t entered Earth’s atmosphere.
  14. the beginning, or starting point of something
  15. the most popular comet to us because it’s the only one we can see every 75-76 years from Earth (the shortest orbiting comet)
  16. A piece of rock that doesn’t entirely burn up when moving through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth’s surface.
  17. the weight of an object due to what (or how much) “stuff” it is made up of
  18. the closest planet to the Sun
  19. an object in motion stays in motion and an object a rest stays at rest unless acted upon by a force
  20. where asteroids orbit the Sun
  21. proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
  22. the closest region where some comets originate from
  23. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the Sun (we have 8 of these and live on one of them)
  24. ________ planets is another name given to the gas giant planets
  25. confirmed the heliocentric model of the solar system with his telescope invention (his invention also helped support evidence for the Big Bang theory)

52 Clues: the name of our galaxy • the 3rd planet from the Sun • the 7th planet from the Sun • the 5th planet from the Sun • the 6th planet from the Sun • the 8th planet from the Sun • the 4th planet from the Sun • the 2nd planet from the Sun • what an object is made up of • the closest planet to the Sun • where asteroids orbit the Sun • we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy • ...

Solar system crossword puzzle. 2024-04-21

Solar system crossword puzzle. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet is the color blue because of the methane in the atmosphere.
  2. Has 8 phases and rotates around the Earth.
  3. Saturn's larger moon.
  4. The farthest planet from the Sun.
  5. The first and smallest planet in our solar system.
  6. Has a huge storm, which is a big red spot on the planet.
Down
  1. This planet has 146 moons.
  2. Once one of the main planets, but later became a dwarf planet.
  3. This planet once had water, oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  4. The only planet in our solar system that has life.
  5. Belt, The section which separates the inner and outer planets.
  6. system, Has eight main planets and a star in the center that all the planets go around.
  7. The second planet from the sun.
  8. The star at the center of our solar system.
  9. Way, The galaxy the we live in.

15 Clues: Saturn's larger moon. • This planet has 146 moons. • The second planet from the sun. • Way, The galaxy the we live in. • The farthest planet from the Sun. • Has 8 phases and rotates around the Earth. • The star at the center of our solar system. • The only planet in our solar system that has life. • The first and smallest planet in our solar system. • ...

Space Crossword 2026-05-07

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. we live in a large spiral galaxy called this
  2. round depression formed on the surface of a planet, moon, or other space object by the impact of a meteorite
  3. when a meteor hits the surface
  4. groups of stars imagined to form figures or designs in the night sky
  5. consists of a sun, planets, and moons aorund the planet
  6. small sand to boulderEarth'sles of space debris
Down
  1. oval paths that resemble the shape of an egg or a football
  2. when a meteoroid enters the earth's atmosphere
  3. a compact chunk of frozen gases and dust
  4. the region between the inner and outer planets
  5. the first 4 inner planets are known as this
  6. the study of life in the universe, including life on Earth and possibly extraterrestrial life
  7. stars that are found in clustered groups
  8. the 5 outer planets in our solar system
  9. the path an object follows as it moves around another object

15 Clues: when a meteor hits the surface • the 5 outer planets in our solar system • a compact chunk of frozen gases and dust • stars that are found in clustered groups • the first 4 inner planets are known as this • we live in a large spiral galaxy called this • when a meteoroid enters the earth's atmosphere • the region between the inner and outer planets • ...

Space 2024-03-20

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the smaller version of the sun
  2. what is the first planet to the sun
  3. what is the star the planets orbit around.
  4. Which planet is the "sister" of Earth
  5. what is the largest planet called
  6. what is the hottest thing is our solar system
  7. how many planets are there
  8. which planet do we live on
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  1. the planets make up this
  2. the middle of the inner and outer planets
  3. this planet used to be a planet
  4. which planet has a large ring on it

12 Clues: the planets make up this • how many planets are there • which planet do we live on • this planet used to be a planet • what is the largest planet called • what is the first planet to the sun • which planet has a large ring on it • Which planet is the "sister" of Earth • what is the smaller version of the sun • the middle of the inner and outer planets • ...

Space 2024-03-20

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the smaller version of the sun
  2. what is the first planet to the sun
  3. what is the star the planets orbit around.
  4. Which planet is the "sister" of Earth
  5. what is the largest planet called
  6. what is the hottest thing is our solar system
  7. how many planets are there
  8. which planet do we live on
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  1. the planets make up this
  2. the middle of the inner and outer planets
  3. this planet used to be a planet
  4. which planet has a large ring on it

12 Clues: the planets make up this • how many planets are there • which planet do we live on • this planet used to be a planet • what is the largest planet called • what is the first planet to the sun • which planet has a large ring on it • Which planet is the "sister" of Earth • what is the smaller version of the sun • the middle of the inner and outer planets • ...

Ch7 The Solar System 2023-01-05

Ch7 The Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
  2. a portion of a meteor that survives passage through an atmosphere and strikes the ground
  3. the "red" planet and farthest of the terrestrial planets from the sun
  4. measure of the deformity of a solid object from a perfect spherical shape
  5. a small body of icy and dusty matter that revolves about the Sun; when a comet comes near the Sun, some of its material vaporizes, forming a large head of tenuous gas and often a tail
  6. only planet known to have life
  7. planet any of the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, or Mars; sometimes the Moon is included in the list
  8. gravitational separation of materials of different density into layers in the interior of a planet or moon
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  1. any of the planets Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune in our solar system, or planets of roughly that mass and composition in other planetary systems
  2. objects, from tens to hundreds of kilometers in diameter, that formed in the solar nebula as an intermediate step between tiny grains and the larger planetary
  3. the cloud of gas and dust from which the solar system formed
  4. first planet from the sun
  5. largest of all the planets
  6. time required for half of the radioactive atoms in a sample to disintegrate
  7. process by which certain kinds of atomic nuclei decay naturally, with the spontaneous emission of subatomic particles and gamma rays
  8. farthest planet from the sun and also a gas giant
  9. a stony or metallic object orbiting the Sun that is smaller than a planet but that shows no evidence of an atmosphere or of other types of activity associated with comets
  10. we see today; the comets and some asteroids may be leftover planetesimals
  11. measure of the shape of an orbit. Lower values are circular where larger numbers are more oval
  12. a small piece of solid matter that enters Earth’s atmosphere and burns up, popularly called a shooting star because it is seen as a small flash of light

20 Clues: first planet from the sun • largest of all the planets • only planet known to have life • farthest planet from the sun and also a gas giant • the cloud of gas and dust from which the solar system formed • the "red" planet and farthest of the terrestrial planets from the sun • measure of the deformity of a solid object from a perfect spherical shape • ...

Science Crossword Puzzle 2021-03-23

Science Crossword Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. is the cloud of dust and gas that boils off the nucleus as the comet's orbit takes it closer and closer to the Sun
  2. a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky.
  3. or National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  4. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
  5. is a spherical layer of icy objects surrounding our Sun
  6. or Near-Earth Objects are comets and asteroids that have been nudged by the gravitational attraction of nearby planets into orbits that allow them to enter the Earth's neighborhood.
  7. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent as a result of friction and appearing as a streak of light.
  8. are rocky worlds revolving around the sun that are too small to be called planets. They are also known as planetoids or minor planets
  9. Comets orbit around the Sun in a
  10. it is where meteors can be found
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  1. or space observatory is a telescope located in outer space to observe distant planets, galaxies and other astronomical objects
  2. a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune
  3. intellectual and practical activity encompassing the systematic study of the structure and behaviour of the physical and natural world through observation and experiment
  4. is a scientist in the field of astronomy. They observe astronomical objects such as stars, planets, moons, comets and galaxies.
  5. located roughly between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars
  6. is a solid piece of debris from an object, such as a comet, asteroid, or meteoroid, that originates in outer space and survives its passage through the atmosphere to reach the surface of a planet or moon
  7. is the gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it,
  8. the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere.
  9. is the solid, central part of a comet
  10. a small body moving in the solar system that would become a meteor if it entered the earth's atmosphere.

20 Clues: Comets orbit around the Sun in a • it is where meteors can be found • is the solid, central part of a comet • or National Aeronautics and Space Administration • the physical universe beyond the earth's atmosphere. • is a spherical layer of icy objects surrounding our Sun • a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune • ...

Our Solar System 2022-01-25

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. meteors that land on earth
  2. holes on the moon created by asteroids colliding with it
  3. pieces of rock or dust that are smaller than asteroids
  4. the inner planets are also called the _______ planets
  5. another name for the gas planets is _________ planets
  6. our solar system is a part of this galaxy
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  1. the entire _____________ is made of thousands of galaxies
  2. a small body made out of dust, rock, gas & ice
  3. a large piece of space rock with irregular shape
  4. The tendency of an object to stay either at rest or in motion along a straight path
  5. also called a shooting star
  6. A force that pulls all objects toward each other.
  7. A huge group of stars

13 Clues: A huge group of stars • meteors that land on earth • also called a shooting star • our solar system is a part of this galaxy • a small body made out of dust, rock, gas & ice • a large piece of space rock with irregular shape • A force that pulls all objects toward each other. • the inner planets are also called the _______ planets • ...

The Inner Planets 2014-05-18

The Inner Planets crossword puzzle
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  1. Planet known as the Evening Star
  2. Known as the Red Planet.
  3. The inner planets lie between the Sun and the ___________ belt.
  4. The four planets closest to the sun are known as ________ planets.
  5. Venus and ___________are the only two planets that do not have moons.
  6. The inner planets are characterised as solid and________.
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  1. The inner planents each have a core, a mantle and a _________.
  2. There are many __________ on Venus.
  3. The surface of Mercury looks most similar to the surface of the_______.
  4. One of Mars' moons.

10 Clues: One of Mars' moons. • Known as the Red Planet. • Planet known as the Evening Star • There are many __________ on Venus. • The inner planets are characterised as solid and________. • The inner planents each have a core, a mantle and a _________. • The inner planets lie between the Sun and the ___________ belt. • ...

chapter 21 crossword puzzle 2017-04-20

chapter 21 crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what gives us light?
  2. what makes Venus hotter than Mercury?
  3. what has a long glowing tail and is made of gas, dust and ice?
  4. what are planets that are not in the solar system?
  5. what are the planets that are farthest away from the sun?
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  1. where are all the planets in space?
  2. what is in the solar system?
  3. what do we use to measure distance in space?
  4. what are the planets that are closer to the sun?
  5. what are rocks that are in space?

10 Clues: what gives us light? • what is in the solar system? • what are rocks that are in space? • where are all the planets in space? • what makes Venus hotter than Mercury? • what do we use to measure distance in space? • what are the planets that are closer to the sun? • what are planets that are not in the solar system? • ...

Solar System 2023-12-21

Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. the path of one object in space around another object
  2. Express mail service that ran from April 1860 to October 1861
  3. Fourth planet from the sun, known as the "Red Planet", has many volcanoes
  4. Grierson leader of the Buffalo soldiers
  5. Act of 1862 Gave any head of a household, widowed women, or any man over 21 the right to claim one 160-acre portion of land
  6. railroad act In 1862 President Abraham Lincoln signed the Pacific Railway Act. Two companies began building a transcontinental (across the continent) railroad, linking East with the West.
  7. Removal Act Law passed in 1830 to tive Andrew Jackson the power to move American Indians west of the Mississippi River
  8. The second planet from the sun and the hottest planet in the solar system, which has gasses that cause a "greenhouse like effect"
  9. planets Known as the "Gas Giants", these planets orbit the sun further away and include primarily planets with no rocky surface
  10. Black Kettle Southern Cheyenne Chief who moved his tribe twice in 1861 and in 1867 in accordance with treaties. Remembered for his efforts to make peace with settlers
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  1. Soldiers African American soldiers who fought during the Civil War and after, keeping peace between American Indians and settlers, led by Benjamin Grierson
  2. Colonel George Armstrong Custer Led the battle of Washita River, in which Chief Black Kettle was killed.
  3. a large, round body that revolves around a star
  4. system a star and all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it
  5. A small planet closest to the sun with a dense rocky surface and no atmosphere
  6. small natural objects that revolve around other objects
  7. Expansion migration and settlement from the East to the West
  8. free roaming animal on the plains, important to the survival of Native Americans, threatened by western settlers
  9. and Clark Explorers who set out in 1804 to find a water route to the Pacific ocean. Covered 8,000 miles of land from St. Louis to the Oregon coast
  10. planets Known as "Terrestrial Planets", these planets orbit closest to the sun and feature hard rocky surface
  11. the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a massive, hot ball of plasma, inflated and heated by energy produced by nuclear fusion reactions at its core.
  12. Third planet from the sun with the only liquid water on the surface and one moon

22 Clues: Grierson leader of the Buffalo soldiers • a large, round body that revolves around a star • the path of one object in space around another object • small natural objects that revolve around other objects • Expansion migration and settlement from the East to the West • Express mail service that ran from April 1860 to October 1861 • ...

Terrestrial Planets 2018-03-28

Terrestrial Planets crossword puzzle
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  1. Venus’ _____ takes 243 days.
  2. Mars’s atmosphere is 100 times _____ than Earth.
  3. Mercury is the planet closest to the _____.
  4. Mercury’s surface can reach extreme _____.
  5. Mercury’s rotation takes 58 _____/55 hours.
  6. Earth’s surface is divided into _____ plates.
  7. What planet’s atmosphere is made of oxygen, CO2, and nitrogen.
  8. This planet’s surface has highlands and plains.
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  1. Mars’ revolution takes 1.88 _____.
  2. Mars has Olympus _____ which is the largest volcano.
  3. This planet has very little to no atmosphere at all.
  4. Earth’s _____ takes 365.3 days.
  5. Venus is the _____ planet of the terrestrial planets.
  6. One of Earth’s special features is that it has 5m-30m _____ living on it.
  7. This planet’s surface has volcanoes, lava, craters, and rocks.
  8. Venus’ atmosphere is made of toxic sulfuric acid and _____.

16 Clues: Venus’ _____ takes 243 days. • Earth’s _____ takes 365.3 days. • Mars’ revolution takes 1.88 _____. • Mercury’s surface can reach extreme _____. • Mercury is the planet closest to the _____. • Mercury’s rotation takes 58 _____/55 hours. • Earth’s surface is divided into _____ plates. • This planet’s surface has highlands and plains. • ...

Terrestrial Planets 2018-03-26

Terrestrial Planets crossword puzzle
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  1. Mercury’s ____ is very thin.
  2. Venus’ ____ is 243 days long.
  3. On Venus _____ falls.
  4. What does Mars have at its poles?
  5. Venus’ surface is full of plains and ____.
  6. Earth’s atmosphere contains nitrogen and ____.
  7. Which planet’s atmosphere contains sulfuric acid.
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  1. What is Earth’s surface divided into?
  2. What is the third planet from the sun?
  3. The ____ of Mars is 1.88 years.
  4. Mars has little to no what?
  5. Mercury’s rotation is fifty-eight ____ long.
  6. The planet ____ takes eighty-eight days to revolve around the sun.
  7. This planet has volcanoes and lava craters all over its surface.
  8. Earth’s rotation is twenty-four ____.
  9. What is Mercury’s core made of?

16 Clues: On Venus _____ falls. • Mars has little to no what? • Mercury’s ____ is very thin. • Venus’ ____ is 243 days long. • The ____ of Mars is 1.88 years. • What is Mercury’s core made of? • What does Mars have at its poles? • What is Earth’s surface divided into? • Earth’s rotation is twenty-four ____. • What is the third planet from the sun? • ...

Terrestrial Planets 2018-03-27

Terrestrial Planets crossword puzzle
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  1. Earth is divided into ________ ______
  2. Highlands and ______ cover Venus.
  3. Venus is the only planet to have ____ rain
  4. Mercury, just like our moon, is covered in _______
  5. Mercury has a __________ of 88 days
  6. This is a common natural disaster on Mars
  7. Has a very toxic atmosphere
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  1. Venus is the _______ Planet
  2. Has little to no atmosphere
  3. The name of the biggest volcano, located on Mars
  4. Mars has ___ moons
  5. This planet is known as our “home”
  6. Earth’s ________ is an average of 24 hours
  7. Scientists believe that water was once common on this planet
  8. Earth is the only planet guaranteed to have _____
  9. Mercury is the smallest planet because it tends to ______

16 Clues: Mars has ___ moons • Venus is the _______ Planet • Has little to no atmosphere • Has a very toxic atmosphere • Highlands and ______ cover Venus. • This planet is known as our “home” • Mercury has a __________ of 88 days • Earth is divided into ________ ______ • This is a common natural disaster on Mars • Earth’s ________ is an average of 24 hours • ...

The Planets 2023-12-05

The Planets crossword puzzle
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  1. Doesn't mean they are better! Their orbit is beyond Earth's orbit
  2. The two moons of Mars are shaped like this
  3. planets whose orbit is within the Earth's orbit around the sun
  4. there are this many giant planets in our solar system
  5. made of solid material like dust, ice, or moonlets- these orbit around a celestial object
  6. an estimated distance from a planet or object in a solar system beyond which the gravitational force of the larger body isn't typically strong enough to prevent the gravity of smaller particles from forming a moon.
  7. Jupiter and Saturn
  8. Neptune and Uranus
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  1. the force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
  2. the largest planet in our solar system
  3. Mars and Mercury have very little of this, which is why they are so cold
  4. another word for the giant planets
  5. the type of telescope invented by Galileo
  6. a planet that is made of rock
  7. Where Galileo proved his theory of falling bodies
  8. The glass in the eyepiece of Galileo's telescope had this shape

16 Clues: Jupiter and Saturn • Neptune and Uranus • a planet that is made of rock • another word for the giant planets • the largest planet in our solar system • the type of telescope invented by Galileo • The two moons of Mars are shaped like this • Where Galileo proved his theory of falling bodies • there are this many giant planets in our solar system • ...

Planets Review 2023-04-26

Planets Review crossword puzzle
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  1. This is the largest planet. It has a raging storm that's bigger than Earth.
  2. This is the planet that was demoted in 2006 to a dwarf planet
  3. The outer planets are also referred to as this.
  4. This is the smallest planet
  5. This is the only planet in the solar system with life and liquid water
  6. Named after the greek god of the sky. This planet spins on its side.
  7. The _______ belt separates Jupiter and Mars
  8. This is the cloud of space dust and material that surrounds our entire solar system.
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  1. The ______ belt is at the edge of our solar system behind the orbit of Neptune
  2. This is the hottest planet/Earth's evil twin
  3. This planet has a blue surface and ranging storm- just like Jupiter. It has the longest orbit of any planet
  4. Earth has one of these but Mars has 2!
  5. This planet is known for its rings- It has the most moons of any planet
  6. This word means ground. It describes the 4 inner planets
  7. This is also known as the Red planet
  8. We have this many planets

16 Clues: We have this many planets • This is the smallest planet • This is also known as the Red planet • Earth has one of these but Mars has 2! • The _______ belt separates Jupiter and Mars • This is the hottest planet/Earth's evil twin • The outer planets are also referred to as this. • This word means ground. It describes the 4 inner planets • ...

Space 2024-03-20

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what is the smaller version of the sun
  2. what is the first planet to the sun
  3. what is the star the planets orbit around.
  4. Which planet is the "sister" of Earth
  5. what is the largest planet called
  6. what is the hottest thing is our solar system
  7. how many planets are there
  8. which planet do we live on
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  1. the planets make up this
  2. the middle of the inner and outer planets
  3. this planet used to be a planet
  4. which planet has a large ring on it

12 Clues: the planets make up this • how many planets are there • which planet do we live on • this planet used to be a planet • what is the largest planet called • what is the first planet to the sun • which planet has a large ring on it • Which planet is the "sister" of Earth • what is the smaller version of the sun • the middle of the inner and outer planets • ...

Milky Way 2022-01-26

Milky Way crossword puzzle
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  1. extreme region of massive black holes
  2. the galaxy are solor system is in
  3. an object orbiting around the sun
  4. 8 planets and there moons in orbit around the sun
  5. the name milky way comes from
  6. a circle of white or colored light around the sun an moon
  7. small planet
  8. a dwarf planet with the letter P
  9. are planet is in
  10. are planet
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  1. distance light travels in a year
  2. stars,planets and more things that go from the center of the milky way to its edges
  3. bulge of stars surrounding the nucleus
  4. the man to disover the milky way
  5. the space above and below the disk
  6. contains are dust and gas
  7. the shape of the milky way
  8. a system of billion od stars

18 Clues: are planet • small planet • are planet is in • contains are dust and gas • the shape of the milky way • a system of billion od stars • the name milky way comes from • distance light travels in a year • the man to disover the milky way • a dwarf planet with the letter P • the galaxy are solor system is in • an object orbiting around the sun • the space above and below the disk • ...

AERO/ASTRO 2025-02-03

AERO/ASTRO crossword puzzle
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  1. the branch of technology and industry concerned with both aviation and space flight
  2. something is designed to move through the air with the least amount of resistance
  3. A little star-shaped symbol (*) used to show something important or to add a note.
  4. A small rock in space that orbits a star, like the Sun.
  5. A special telescope that takes pictures of stars and planets.
  6. A person who travels to space to explore the stars and planets.
  7. A machine that flies through the air and takes people or things to different places.
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  1. A spray made of tiny drops or bits floating in the air, like hairspray or air freshener.
  2. The science of designing and flying machines, like airplanes, that travel through the air.
  3. Exercise that makes you move your body a lot and breathe in more air to stay healthy.
  4. The study of how people think stars and planets might affect your life and personality.
  5. The fear of flying in the air or being up high.
  6. study of tiny things, like pollen or germs, that float around in the air.
  7. A scientist who studies stars, planets, and space.
  8. The science of measuring where stars and planets are and how they move.

15 Clues: The fear of flying in the air or being up high. • A scientist who studies stars, planets, and space. • A small rock in space that orbits a star, like the Sun. • A special telescope that takes pictures of stars and planets. • A person who travels to space to explore the stars and planets. • The science of measuring where stars and planets are and how they move. • ...

Earth, Moon and Stars Vocabulary Crossword 2026-05-27

Earth, Moon and Stars Vocabulary Crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. a streak of light produced when a small piece of rock or ice burns up as it enters Earth’s atmosphere
  2. a body that orbits a planet
  3. a pattern or group of stars that people imagine represents a figure, animal, or object
  4. a cold mixture of dust and ice that develops a long trail of light as it approaches the sun
  5. a small piece of rock or ice that burns up entering Earth’s atmosphere
  6. the narrow band in the sky through which planets appear to move
  7. a sun-centered model in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
  8. a giant ball of superheated gas, or plasma, composed of hydrogen and helium
  9. Earth’s orbit around the sun
  10. an oval shape that describes the orbit of planets around the sun
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  1. visible motion of objects in the sky that may differ from their actual motion
  2. the study of space
  3. an object that orbits the sun, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit of any debris
  4. an Earth-centered model with planets and stars circling Earth
  5. small circles planets made as they moved along orbital paths in Ptolemy’s model

15 Clues: the study of space • a body that orbits a planet • Earth’s orbit around the sun • an Earth-centered model with planets and stars circling Earth • the narrow band in the sky through which planets appear to move • an oval shape that describes the orbit of planets around the sun • a small piece of rock or ice that burns up entering Earth’s atmosphere • ...

Astronomy 2025-02-18

Astronomy crossword puzzle
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  1. We spin in the direction of __________.
  2. When the moon is waning it appears to be ____.
  3. The Earth is the only planet with ____.
  4. _____ causes day and night.
  5. The outer planets are called ____ giants.
  6. The sun's radiation from ___ warms Earth.
  7. The ____ most impacts the tides.
  8. The sun rises in the ____.
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  1. The shortest day of the year.
  2. When a sliver of the moon is visible it is called ____.
  3. All of the planets ____ around the sun.
  4. Earth's path around the sun is ______.
  5. During a Solar Eclipse we cannot see the ___.
  6. The sun is a huge ball of ____.
  7. Equal hours of day and night are called ____.
  8. The four inner planets are ____.
  9. True or False: The Earth is the biggest inner planet.

17 Clues: The sun rises in the ____. • _____ causes day and night. • The shortest day of the year. • The sun is a huge ball of ____. • The four inner planets are ____. • The ____ most impacts the tides. • Earth's path around the sun is ______. • We spin in the direction of __________. • All of the planets ____ around the sun. • The Earth is the only planet with ____. • ...

Life Out There 2025-10-15

Life Out There crossword puzzle
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  1. billions of galaxies make up…
  2. earth is a … that moves around the sun
  3. talk to each other
  4. when something has life, we say it is…
  5. planets … the sun
  6. astronauts live and work in a large…
  7. the sun, planets, and comets make up our…
  8. scientist need this to work
  9. billions of stars and solar system make up a …
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  1. things that can drink, eat, breathe, move, think, grow
  2. the name of people who may live on other planets
  3. it pushes a spacecraft through the earth’s atmosphere
  4. this is made of a cloud of rock, ice, and gas
  5. there is oxygen to breathe here
  6. a trip
  7. our galaxy is the…
  8. anyone who travels/explores space

17 Clues: a trip • planets … the sun • talk to each other • our galaxy is the… • scientist need this to work • billions of galaxies make up… • there is oxygen to breathe here • anyone who travels/explores space • astronauts live and work in a large… • earth is a … that moves around the sun • when something has life, we say it is… • the sun, planets, and comets make up our… • ...

The Solar System 2016-10-19

The Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. These orbit the planets, with some planets having more than one
  2. Causes the planets to continually move around the sun
  3. The closest planet to the sun
  4. The hottest planet, that also has no moons
  5. The largest moon of Saturn
  6. Small and large rocky debris found throughout the solar system
  7. Occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth
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  1. An object consisting of ice and dust that when heated has a long tail as it travels away from the sun
  2. Known as the red planet
  3. Solid, rocky objects that fall towards earth, often mistaken for a falling star
  4. The galaxy that includes our solar system
  5. Used to travel into space and discover new things about the solar system
  6. This planet mostly consists of water and has 14 moons
  7. Largest planet that has 67 moons
  8. There are billions of these found in our galaxy, and are most prominent at night
  9. An average star that all eight planets orbit

16 Clues: Known as the red planet • The largest moon of Saturn • The closest planet to the sun • Largest planet that has 67 moons • The galaxy that includes our solar system • The hottest planet, that also has no moons • An average star that all eight planets orbit • Causes the planets to continually move around the sun • This planet mostly consists of water and has 14 moons • ...

Q1 Science 2025-11-01

Q1 Science crossword puzzle
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  1. -things that over time build up and hold fossils and history with layers
  2. -these laws tell us where older, newer, or interrupted rock layers are
  3. -a force the pulls humans towards earth
  4. -This helps us show where the season is at and where the axis is positioned
  5. -when the moon is losing light in the moon phases
  6. -when an object spins on its axis
  7. -a group of planets that are called Jovian planets with rings
  8. -a group of planets called Terrestrial planets
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  1. -This depends on if it's northern or southern hemisphere is tilted towers the sun
  2. -when the Earth is between the sun and the moon
  3. -when the moon is losing darkness in the moon phases
  4. -preserved skeletons of ancient animals
  5. -when the moon is between the sun and the Earth
  6. -when an object spins around another object
  7. -it is a thing that hold hundreds of moons and a lot of solar systems and gravity forms it
  8. -ancient organisms that are preserved in rock

16 Clues: -when an object spins on its axis • -preserved skeletons of ancient animals • -a force the pulls humans towards earth • -when an object spins around another object • -ancient organisms that are preserved in rock • -a group of planets called Terrestrial planets • -when the Earth is between the sun and the moon • -when the moon is between the sun and the Earth • ...

Space Puzzle 2024-11-19

Space Puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. the red planet
  2. allows you to see planets and stars
  3. the earth, moon, stars and planets are all here
  4. lives in outer space
  5. a planet with rings
  6. keeps the planets in orbit
  7. Twinkle, Twinkle Little .........
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  1. if you don't have this you might feel crowded
  2. travels in a spaceship
  3. also a chocolate
  4. ........... system
  5. planet with more than 80 moons

12 Clues: the red planet • also a chocolate • ........... system • a planet with rings • lives in outer space • travels in a spaceship • keeps the planets in orbit • planet with more than 80 moons • Twinkle, Twinkle Little ......... • allows you to see planets and stars • if you don't have this you might feel crowded • the earth, moon, stars and planets are all here

Astronmy 2023-05-05

Astronmy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Coldest planet
  2. The hottest planet
  3. Nickname of Inner Planets
  4. A planet that people have walked on
  5. The amount of moons that pluto has
Down
  1. The Outer Planets Nickname besides then gas giants
  2. fourth planet from the sun
  3. The closest planet to the sun
  4. The biggest planet
  5. Stars in our solar system
  6. Which planets have rings
  7. One of Pluto's moons

12 Clues: Coldest planet • The biggest planet • The hottest planet • One of Pluto's moons • Which planets have rings • Stars in our solar system • Nickname of Inner Planets • fourth planet from the sun • The closest planet to the sun • The amount of moons that pluto has • A planet that people have walked on • The Outer Planets Nickname besides then gas giants

Eclipse Crossword 2024-04-08

Eclipse Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 'ring of ...' when the moon only mostly blocks out the sun
  2. Collection of the sun and planets
  3. Comes from the sun and is bad for your eyes
  4. when planets like the sun spin on an axis
  5. The number of years before we will have another total solar eclipse over the contiguous US
  6. Type of eclipse where the moon blocks the sun
Down
  1. when planets move around the sun
  2. Type of eclipse where a planet blocks the moon
  3. Ball of flaming gas in space
  4. This will block out the sun today
  5. The point when the sun is completely blocked and it goes dark (its about 4 min long in Fredericksburg)
  6. This used to be a planet, but not anymore
  7. Will get blocked out by the moon today
  8. Type of eclipse where the sun or moon is completely covered
  9. Number of planets in our solar system

15 Clues: Ball of flaming gas in space • when planets move around the sun • Collection of the sun and planets • This will block out the sun today • Number of planets in our solar system • Will get blocked out by the moon today • This used to be a planet, but not anymore • when planets like the sun spin on an axis • Comes from the sun and is bad for your eyes • ...

Solar system crossword puzzle. 2024-04-21

Solar system crossword puzzle. crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet is the color blue because of the methane in the atmosphere.
  2. Has 8 phases and rotates around the Earth.
  3. Saturn's larger moon.
  4. The farthest planet from the Sun.
  5. The first and smallest planet in our solar system.
  6. Has a huge storm, which is a big red spot on the planet.
Down
  1. This planet has 146 moons.
  2. Once one of the main planets, but later became a dwarf planet.
  3. This planet once had water, oceans, lakes, and rivers.
  4. The only planet in our solar system that has life.
  5. Belt, The section which separates the inner and outer planets.
  6. system, Has eight main planets and a star in the center that all the planets go around.
  7. The second planet from the sun.
  8. The star at the center of our solar system.
  9. Way, The galaxy the we live in.

15 Clues: Saturn's larger moon. • This planet has 146 moons. • The second planet from the sun. • Way, The galaxy the we live in. • The farthest planet from the Sun. • Has 8 phases and rotates around the Earth. • The star at the center of our solar system. • The only planet in our solar system that has life. • The first and smallest planet in our solar system. • ...

Inner planets 2024-02-14

Inner planets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. were all of the inner planets are
  2. The only planet that has life in it
  3. The planets with the closer distance to the sun
  4. Diffrent spots in planets
  5. The sister planet of earth and the red planet
Down
  1. The cover of the earth
  2. Is how the planets are closer and further
  3. The big planets that are further than the sun and have not many sun
  4. How a planet orbits the sun
  5. Big when we look but huge in space

10 Clues: The cover of the earth • Diffrent spots in planets • How a planet orbits the sun • were all of the inner planets are • Big when we look but huge in space • The only planet that has life in it • Is how the planets are closer and further • The sister planet of earth and the red planet • The planets with the closer distance to the sun • ...

Space Systems 2021-05-12

Space Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The four planets that reside within the asteroid belt (Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars) also known as the rocky planets
  2. this planet has a big storm called the red spot
  3. gravity depends on an objects....
  4. a force of attraction that pulls objects toward one another
  5. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
  6. the star at the center of our solar system; also the closest star to our solar system
  7. only planet NOT named after a mythological being
  8. the force of gravity on an object
  9. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another object.
  10. this planet takes the longest to orbit the sun
  11. a large ball of bright, glowing plasma that is held together by its own gravity
Down
  1. The four planets that reside outside the asteroid belt (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) also known as the gas planets
  2. smallest planet
  3. small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun, between Mars and Jupiter
  4. person who discovered gravity
  5. this gas makes uranus blue-green
  6. the flattest planet

17 Clues: smallest planet • the flattest planet • person who discovered gravity • this gas makes uranus blue-green • gravity depends on an objects.... • the force of gravity on an object • this planet takes the longest to orbit the sun • this planet has a big storm called the red spot • only planet NOT named after a mythological being • ...

Inner Planets and features 2026-01-23

Inner Planets and features crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Limit: The distance within which a celestial body held together by its own gravity will disintegrate due to tidal forces
  2. Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  3. Terra: A large highland region on Venus.
  4. Moons: Jupiter's four largest moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
  5. Systems: Found around giant planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  6. Basin: A huge impact crater on Mercury.
  7. A cliff or steep slope, common on Mercury and Mars.
  8. Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
  9. & Deimos: Mars's two small, irregularly shaped moons.
  10. Jupiter's largest moon, bigger than Mercury, with its own magnetic field.
Down
  1. The breakdown of molecules by sunlight and important for atmosphere
  2. Streams: Fast-moving winds in planetary atmospheres, prominent on Jovian planets.
  3. Technology used to map surfaces, revealing features like scarps and basins.
  4. Mons: The largest volcano in the Solar System, located on Mars.
  5. Marineris: A massive canyon system on Mars, the largest in the Solar System.
  6. Saturn's large moon, with a dense atmosphere and liquid methane lakes.
  7. Neptune's largest moon, a captured Kuiper Belt Object with cryovolcanism.

17 Clues: Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars • Basin: A huge impact crater on Mercury. • Terra: A large highland region on Venus. • Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • A cliff or steep slope, common on Mercury and Mars. • & Deimos: Mars's two small, irregularly shaped moons. • Mons: The largest volcano in the Solar System, located on Mars. • ...

The Solar System 2016-10-18

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Solid, rocky objects that fall towards earth, often mistaken for a falling star
  2. The hottest planet, that also has no moons
  3. The closest planet to the sun
  4. Occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth
  5. Small and large rocky debris found throughout the solar system
  6. These orbit the planets, with some planets having more than one
  7. The largest moon of Saturn
  8. An average star that all eight planets orbit
Down
  1. This planet mostly consists of water and has 14 moons
  2. Way The galaxy that includes our solar system
  3. Largest planet that has 67 moons
  4. Used to travel into space and discover new things about the solar system
  5. There are billions of these found in our galaxy, and are most prominent at night
  6. An object consisting of ice and dust that when heated has a long tail as it travels away from the sun
  7. Causes the planets to continually move around the sun
  8. Known as the red planet

16 Clues: Known as the red planet • The largest moon of Saturn • The closest planet to the sun • Largest planet that has 67 moons • The hottest planet, that also has no moons • An average star that all eight planets orbit • Way The galaxy that includes our solar system • This planet mostly consists of water and has 14 moons • Occurs when the moon passes between the sun and earth • ...

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond 2020-10-23

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 3rd planet from the Sun
  2. everything we know of exists within this (the largest scale)
  3. a theory which attempts to explain the formation of the universe as starting from an explosion from a singular point and everything continued to expand out at a rapid rate
  4. a key piece of evidence used to support the Big Bang theory
  5. supported the idea of the geocentric model of the solar system
  6. the farthest region where some comets originate from
  7. _________ planets is another name given to the inner planets (made of solid rock)
  8. the science of the study of space and beyond
  9. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the planets (we have one that orbits us)
  10. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system (our sun is the closest we can see)
  11. what an object is made up of
  12. The streak of light seen when a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning. Also known as a “falling star” or “shooting star”.
  13. ________ planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (farthest from the Sun)
  14. first introduced the idea of the Big Bang theory
  15. ________ planets are the outer planets which are made of mostly gas and have an icy core
  16. the most popular asteroid because it’s the largest (so large and unique that it’s called a dwarf planet)
  17. ________ planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (closest to the Sun)
  18. the 8th planet from the Sun
  19. where a planet completely orbits the sun (determines the length of its year)
  20. next biggest thing we know of within our universe (a large group of stars and matter bound together by gravity)
  21. an object completely moves around a center point due to their gravitational attraction (can be circular or elliptical)
  22. the 4th planet from the Sun
  23. first proposed the geocentric model of the solar system
  24. the name of our galaxy
  25. the 2nd planet from the Sun
  26. where a planet spins on its axis (determines the length of its day)
  27. model of the solar system where Sun is the center (second model and proven correct)
Down
  1. an object located in outer space (outside of Earth’s atmosphere)
  2. Large rocks leftover from the formation of our solar system. They are generally in orbit between Mars and Jupiter, but sometimes get bounced towards Earth.
  3. we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy
  4. a force that brings objects with mass towards each other (pulled together by attraction)
  5. next biggest thing we know of within our galaxy (our sun being orbited by our planets)
  6. the name of the arm that we live on within our galaxy
  7. the 7th planet from the Sun
  8. model of the solar system where Earth is the center (original/first model and proven incorrect)
  9. the 5th planet from the Sun
  10. a type of rotation of a planet in which it rotates in the opposite direction of the majority of the planets within our solar system (2 of our planets do this)
  11. the 6th planet from the Sun
  12. A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system (Oort cloud and/or Kuiper Belt) and often accompanied by a coma and a tail.
  13. A space rock bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid. Most are a result of asteroid collision and comet debris but haven’t entered Earth’s atmosphere.
  14. the beginning, or starting point of something
  15. the most popular comet to us because it’s the only one we can see every 75-76 years from Earth (the shortest orbiting comet)
  16. A piece of rock that doesn’t entirely burn up when moving through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth’s surface.
  17. the weight of an object due to what (or how much) “stuff” it is made up of
  18. the closest planet to the Sun
  19. an object in motion stays in motion and an object a rest stays at rest unless acted upon by a force
  20. where asteroids orbit the Sun
  21. proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
  22. the closest region where some comets originate from
  23. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the Sun (we have 8 of these and live on one of them)
  24. ________ planets is another name given to the gas giant planets
  25. confirmed the heliocentric model of the solar system with his telescope invention (his invention also helped support evidence for the Big Bang theory)

52 Clues: the name of our galaxy • the 3rd planet from the Sun • the 7th planet from the Sun • the 5th planet from the Sun • the 6th planet from the Sun • the 8th planet from the Sun • the 4th planet from the Sun • the 2nd planet from the Sun • what an object is made up of • the closest planet to the Sun • where asteroids orbit the Sun • we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy • ...

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond 2020-10-23

Unit 1 Test Review - Our Solar System & Beyond crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the 3rd planet from the Sun
  2. everything we know of exists within this (the largest scale)
  3. a theory which attempts to explain the formation of the universe as starting from an explosion from a singular point and everything continued to expand out at a rapid rate
  4. a key piece of evidence used to support the Big Bang theory
  5. supported the idea of the geocentric model of the solar system
  6. the farthest region where some comets originate from
  7. _________ planets is another name given to the inner planets (made of solid rock)
  8. the science of the study of space and beyond
  9. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the planets (we have one that orbits us)
  10. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system (our sun is the closest we can see)
  11. what an object is made up of
  12. The streak of light seen when a space rock enters the atmosphere and starts burning. Also known as a “falling star” or “shooting star”.
  13. ________ planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune (farthest from the Sun)
  14. first introduced the idea of the Big Bang theory
  15. ________ planets are the outer planets which are made of mostly gas and have an icy core
  16. the most popular asteroid because it’s the largest (so large and unique that it’s called a dwarf planet)
  17. ________ planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars (closest to the Sun)
  18. the 8th planet from the Sun
  19. where a planet completely orbits the sun (determines the length of its year)
  20. next biggest thing we know of within our universe (a large group of stars and matter bound together by gravity)
  21. an object completely moves around a center point due to their gravitational attraction (can be circular or elliptical)
  22. the 4th planet from the Sun
  23. first proposed the geocentric model of the solar system
  24. the name of our galaxy
  25. the 2nd planet from the Sun
  26. where a planet spins on its axis (determines the length of its day)
  27. model of the solar system where Sun is the center (second model and proven correct)
Down
  1. an object located in outer space (outside of Earth’s atmosphere)
  2. Large rocks leftover from the formation of our solar system. They are generally in orbit between Mars and Jupiter, but sometimes get bounced towards Earth.
  3. we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy
  4. a force that brings objects with mass towards each other (pulled together by attraction)
  5. next biggest thing we know of within our galaxy (our sun being orbited by our planets)
  6. the name of the arm that we live on within our galaxy
  7. the 7th planet from the Sun
  8. model of the solar system where Earth is the center (original/first model and proven incorrect)
  9. the 5th planet from the Sun
  10. a type of rotation of a planet in which it rotates in the opposite direction of the majority of the planets within our solar system (2 of our planets do this)
  11. the 6th planet from the Sun
  12. A chunk of ice and rock originating from the outer solar system (Oort cloud and/or Kuiper Belt) and often accompanied by a coma and a tail.
  13. A space rock bigger than a dust grain but smaller than an asteroid. Most are a result of asteroid collision and comet debris but haven’t entered Earth’s atmosphere.
  14. the beginning, or starting point of something
  15. the most popular comet to us because it’s the only one we can see every 75-76 years from Earth (the shortest orbiting comet)
  16. A piece of rock that doesn’t entirely burn up when moving through Earth’s atmosphere and lands on Earth’s surface.
  17. the weight of an object due to what (or how much) “stuff” it is made up of
  18. the closest planet to the Sun
  19. an object in motion stays in motion and an object a rest stays at rest unless acted upon by a force
  20. where asteroids orbit the Sun
  21. proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
  22. the closest region where some comets originate from
  23. the next biggest thing we know of within our solar system after the Sun (we have 8 of these and live on one of them)
  24. ________ planets is another name given to the gas giant planets
  25. confirmed the heliocentric model of the solar system with his telescope invention (his invention also helped support evidence for the Big Bang theory)

52 Clues: the name of our galaxy • the 3rd planet from the Sun • the 7th planet from the Sun • the 5th planet from the Sun • the 6th planet from the Sun • the 8th planet from the Sun • the 4th planet from the Sun • the 2nd planet from the Sun • what an object is made up of • the closest planet to the Sun • where asteroids orbit the Sun • we live on a ________ arm of of galaxy • ...