solar system Crossword Puzzles

12 Clues: Early stage of a forming star • Large gaseous planets like Jupiter • Leftover debris from planet formation • Flattened rotating disk of gas and dust • Disk of material surrounding a young star • The star at the center of our Solar System • Region beyond Neptune filled with icy bodies • Force pulling matter together during formation • ...

12 Clues: a gas planet. • a rocky planet. • belt of asteroids • related to the moon. • impact from meteorites. • determining how old materials are. • a dwarf planet (closest to the sun). • gravity causes matter to come together. • hot dense gas that can develop into a star. • rocky mass smaller than a planet that orbits the Sun. • small body of gas and dust that could become a planet. • ...

12 Clues: This is a natural satellite to Earth • This is the closest planet to the sun • The path an object takes around another object • The outer planets are not rocky, they are ____ • The inner planets are not gaseous,they are ____ • This planet takes 365 days to revolve around the sun • An object which goes around a larger object in space • ...

12 Clues: the only planet with life and liquid water. • the star at the centre of our solar system. • a blue gas giant, strong winds, and distant orbit. • known as the red planet, covered in dust and rocks. • Yellow gas giant famous for its beautiful icy rings. • Blue-green, icy, sideways rotation with faint rings. • the hottest planet, thick clouds, very bright in sky. • ...

23 Clues: Turn on or off the bulb • Gas changes into liquid • The source of electricity • The cycle is egg-chick-adult • The change from solid to liquid • It has definite shape and volume • A part of the circulatory system • The examples of renewable resources • The transfer of heat without a medium • It has a ring made up of rock and ice • The planet is closer to the sun than the earth • ...

8 Clues: spins • travels around a star • A group of solar systems • Everything in creation including all the galaxies • A large ball of rock and gas that revolves around a star • A huge ball of glowing gas at the center of a solar system • Our solar system includes the Sun and all the objects that revolve around it • ...

8 Clues: The largest planet • Known as the 'Red planet' • The planet that has 53 moons • The planet that has 27 moons • The closest planet from the sun • The farthest planet from the sun • Takes approximately 365 days to rotate around the Sun • Spins in the direction opposite to the direction of other planets

8 Clues: where we live • is the largest planet • is the smallest planet. • Is the only planet that sits sideways • is the Coldest Planet in the Solar System • is best known for its fabulous ring system • is also often described as the “Red Planet” • is the second brightest natural object in the sky.

8 Clues: has rings • the largest planet • known as"red planet" • the closest planet to the sun • the farthest planet from the Sun • rotates the Sun from west to east • orbits the Sun in 365 days an 6 hours • the first planet discovered with the use of a telescope.

8 Clues: It has rings. • It's our home. • It's a big planet • It's the red planet. • It's a very cold planet. • It's very near to the Sun. • It's a very bright planet. • It's very far from the Sun.

8 Clues: I am the farthest • I am at the center • I am the fifth planet • I am the hottest planet • Blue and Green are my colors • My rings make me look unique • UAE is on a mission to study me • I am the abode of the solar system

8 Clues: Our home • Has a ring • Water exists • blue from gas • Hottest planet • Biggest planet • farthest from the sun • Closest planet to the sun

8 Clues: Known as the Red Planet • The farthest planet from Sun • The planet with rings around it • The seventh farthest planet from Sun • The largest planet in the solar system • The smallest planet in the solar system • It was once a planet, now a dwarf planet • The brightest planet in the solar system

8 Clues: blue planet • morning star • the red planet • titan is the largest moon of • a liquid layer of iron and nickel • smaller bodies in orbit around the sun • an earths layer including crust and mantle • distance travelled by light in a vaccum in one tropical year

8 Clues: a dwarf planet. • it is a fiery Ball • It takes 13 light hours across • A space rock that lands on earth • It has been visited by one spacecraft • It is very ho and it will burn if you touched it • when you look into the sky you see thousands of them • To get to the moon it takes 1 light second from earth

8 Clues: living planet • the red planet • hottest planet • coldest planet • largest planet • a big ball of fire • the planet with rings • natural satellite of the earth

8 Clues: The __ orbits the Earth. • __ is the planet with the most rings. • Our solar system is 4.5 __ years old. • The planets orbit the Sun in an __ shape. • An __ is a rocky object which orbits the Sun. • Recently, we have sent rovers to look for life on ___. • The Sun is the star at the centre of our Solar system. • ...

8 Clues: balls of light in space • the action of spinning • things spin around a planet • down force that you cannot see • a line in the middle of a planet • line up of stars that make a shape • a place in space with planets on a track • action of an object spinning around an object

8 Clues: Biggest planet • Hottest planet • The Red planet • Smallest planet • Known for its rings • Only planet that has life • Farthest planet from the sun • Second to farthest planet from sun

8 Clues: มีวงแหวน • ฝาแฝดของโลก • ยักษ์ตาเดียว • มีสิ่งมีชีวิต • ดาวประจำเมือง • เตาไฟเเช่แข็ง • มีวงแหวนที่บาง • ลำดับสุดท้ายของระบบสุริยะจักวาล

8 Clues: Type of star • we live in it • The Earth has it • comes from the Sun • each planet has it • The Sun is an example • all the planets plus the Sun • when you see multiple of them on earth, people will call it a shooting star

9 Clues: mars is ____. • minor planets • what we live on • what we live on • moving in a circle • one of the ice giants • what comes our at night • how many planets are there? • born with the clouds of dust

9 Clues: minor planets • mars is ____. • what we live on • what we live on • moving in a circle • one of the ice giants • what comes our at night • how many planets are there? • born with the clouds of dust

8 Clues: The blue planet. • Could float in water. • Short Day, Long Year. • Hot in morning cold in night. • Has 2 moons called Deimos and Phobos. • A Season lasts one long day – 42 years. • The hottest planet in the solar system. • The fastest spinning planet in the solar system.

8 Clues: Earthlike • A natural satellite that orbits a plant • Matter with no set volume and no set shape • Only planet in the solar system life exists • A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat • Any large celestial bodies that resolve around the Sun in the solar system • The region the inner and outer planets where most asteroids orbit the Sun • ...

8 Clues: rocks that fall into earth and burn up • a giant spherical shell surrounding our solar system • A planet is a celestial body that is in orbit around a star • an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star • rocky, airless remnants left over from the early formation of our solar system • ...

8 Clues: The planet with stripes. • The closest planet to the sun. • The third planet from the sun. • The red planet next to Jupiter. • This planet has rings around it. • The farthest planet from the sun. • The planet between Mercury and Earth. • This planet is the seventh planet from the sun.

8 Clues: Hottest • Very cold • Red planet • Has a ring • Sustains life • Nearest to the sun • Has a lot of moons • So far away from the sun

8 Clues: The planet on which all known life exists • A system of planets and other bodies that orbit a star • Half of the Earth (Northern, Southern, Eastern, Western) • A ball of gas in space that produces its own heat and light • A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce its own light • ...

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8 Clues: our home planet • Our “space neighborhood” • it is the second largest planet • The smallest planet in our solar system • its the hottest planet in our solar system • the most distant planet in our solar system • it has the third largest diameter of planets • is a dust, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere

8 Clues: very hot and cold • the Milky Way is a • near the planet we live on • third biggest object in space • known for i the ring around it • where the planets and stars are • gives all planets light and heat • a planet with a living population

8 Clues: everything • pulls downward • where we get light from • Our “space neighborhood” • rotates at a 90-degree angle • not visible to the naked eye • biggest of the terrestrial planets • surface is both very hot and very cold

8 Clues: The Red Planet. • Known for its stunning rings. • The smallest planet in our solar • The farthest planet from the Sun. • A planet that rotates on its side. • The only planet known to support life. • The largest planet in our solar system. • second planet from the Sun and known for its thick clouds.

8 Clues: the star around which the earth orbits. • a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun. • an intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots • a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction. • ...

8 Clues: which planet is earth twin • Which movement creates years? • which planet is closer to the sun.venus, • what is located between the inner and outer planets. • Which planet rotates to give day/night every 24 hours • A force of attraction between any two objects is called • this cold, blue planet was discovered by a mathematical prediction • ...

8 Clues: dwarf planet • coldest planet • largest planet • also known as earth's twin • natural satellite of earth • solar system is located in • planet with maximum no. of moons • No. Of planets in our solar system

8 Clues: has 53 moons • closest to sun • hottest planet • perfect for life • has a ring around it • nicknamed the "red planet" • coldest planet in our solar system • only planet not visible to the naked eye

8 Clues: is the seventh planet from the Sun. • Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun • Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun • Venus is the second planet from the Sun • is the smallest planet in the Solar System • Earth is an ellipsoid with a circumference of about 40,000 km • is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. • ...

8 Clues: is the seventh planet from the Sun. • Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun • Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun • Venus is the second planet from the Sun • is the smallest planet in the Solar System • Earth is an ellipsoid with a circumference of about 40,000 km • is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. • ...

8 Clues: The spinning of a planet on its axis. • Everything outside Earth’s atmosphere. • A natural object that goes around a planet. • When a planet travels one full path around the Sun. • A large object that moves around a star, like Earth. • A huge, glowing ball of gas that gives off light and heat. • The path an object takes as it travels around something else. • ...

8 Clues: A natural object that orbits a planet • A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun • system All the planets and objects that orbit around the Sun • A huge ball of hot gas that produces its own light and energy • The path an object takes as it moves around another object in space • The star at the centre of our solar system that gives us light and heat • ...

8 Clues: Far • Sun • Large • Small • Galaxy • GasGiants • Terrestrial • DwarfPlanet

8 Clues: Hottest planet • largest planet • Famous for its rings • 3rd rock from the Sun • Closest planet to the Sun • Farthest planet from the Sun • The red planet we hope to visit soon • Number of planets in the solar system

9 Clues: h • .. • red planet • minor planets • planet with rings • an ice-dust mixture object • our solar system largest planet • the 3rd planet in our solar system • this planet lies between the sun and Venus

10 Clues: particles that make up light • alternate name for solar sails • material solar sails are made from • first interplanetary solar sail spacecraft • Solar Sails are a method of spacecraft __________ • what photons give to the solar sail when they bounce off of it • what is reduced by using solar sails rather than traditional rocket propulsion • ...

8 Clues: this planet is red • This planet has rings • Closest planet to the sun • This planet has water and life • this planet is named after your body part • this planet has a raging storm aka red spot • This planet is named after a ancient Greek god • This planet is the hottest in the solar system

8 Clues: A rocky, red planet. • A burning ball of fire. • The place where we all live. • The closest planet to the Sun. • The farthest planet from the Sun. • Its size is the same as the Earth's. • The biggest planet in our solar system. • The coldest planet in our solar system.

8 Clues: esvs • rvsv • dknk • eveav • sdddefe • svervbsev • evsevaeveav • () The kind of planet that Earth and Mars are.

8 Clues: has nine rings • the biggest star • the planet we live in • is the coldest planet • the closest planet to the sun • named after the Roman goddess of love • the largest planet in our solar system • is the fourth largest planet in our solar system

8 Clues: is One of the most unique planets in our solar system and the densest planet in our solar system. This planet is able to support life because it has liquid water, oxygen that life can breathe, and a strong enough atmosphere to block solar rays. • ...

8 Clues: Hot • Shine • Coldest • Blue Planet • Close to sun • Dwarf Planet • Largest Planet • Brightest Planet

8 Clues: Fluffy sky stuff. • Earth's night friend. • Big hot ball in the sky. • Astronaut's special clothes. • Space car to go to a planet. • A super-strong space vacuum. • A huge space family of stars. • Shiny dots in the sky at night.

10 Clues: The source of all the energy • Is the third planet from the sun • Is the fifth planet from the sun • Is the nearest planet to the sun • What is an astronomer likely to use • The heaviest planet of the solar system • planet is no longer considered part of our solar system • What do you call scientists who study stars and planets • ...

8 Clues: is the seventh planet from the Sun. • Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun • Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun • Venus is the second planet from the Sun • is the smallest planet in the Solar System • Earth is an ellipsoid with a circumference of about 40,000 km • is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. • ...

8 Clues: IT HAS RINGS • CLOSER PLANET TO THE SUN • 27 MOONS, BLE-GREEN COLOUR • LAST PLANET OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM • THE ONLY PLANET WITH LIQUID WATER • ITS RED COLOUR IS DUE TO MINERALS • LARGEST PLANET IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM • HOT PLANET. THE ATMOSPHERE IS MADE BY THICK CLOUDS

8 Clues: This planet has rings. • This is a star, not a planet. • This is the nearest planet to the Sun. • This is the fourth planet from the Sun. • This is the coldest planet in our Solar System. • This is the second farthest planet from the Sun. • This is the third planet from the Sun, and our home. • ...

8 Clues: The planet with 146 moons, which is a gas giant. • The Red Planet with tallest volcano (Olympus Mons) • The smallest planet, looks like the moon, revolves in 3 months • The 4th smallest planet, which looks like a blue marble from space • The hottest planet, spins backward, and has a dense CO2 atmosphere • ...

8 Clues: the smallest planet • we live in milky way • our space neighborhood • hottest planet on earth • the sun can face every planet • white dots in the sky at night • contains 100-200 billion galaxies • everyone human lives here in the world

8 Clues: 4 hour days • Oldest planet • Egg shaped orbit • has a quasi-satellite • Our “space neighborhood” • first observed in March 2005 • equatorial diameter of 7926 miles • there is a black hole at the heart of large ones

8 Clues: everything • only pulls • our space neighborhood • biggest star in our galaxy • one day on this planet is 10.5 hours • has two moons named Phobos and Deimos • Instead of an atmosphere it has a thin exosphere • in 2011 it completed its first 165 year orbit sense it was discovered in 1846

8 Clues: funky name • our “space neighborhood” • Also known as “Earths twin” • has been known since ancient times. • gets its name from the king of the ancient Roman gods • named after famous deceased artists, musicians, or authors • If the Sun were as tall as a typical front door, it would be the size of a nickel. • ...

8 Clues: Something that planets do • A measure on how much a planet or star weighs • What is the energy called that is from sunlight • A star that is in the middle of the solar system • A gaseous or solid sphere that orbits around a star • A event that happens during a new moon where the moon is between the earth and sun • ...

11 Clues: The red planet • Earth's natural satellite • The closest planet to the sun • The planet famous for its ringd • An ice giant that rotates on its side • A vast system of stars, dust, and gas • The largest planet in our solar system • A massive ball of glowing gas in space • Third planet from the sun and our home • The star at the centre of our solar system • ...

14 Clues: Energy from the sun • Power from energy from flowing water • Ethanol produced by fermenting sugars • The use of wind to generate electricity • Heat energy from the Earth's molten core • Heating biomass in a low oxygen environment • Energy source traceable back to green plants • Production of electricity from tidal movement • ...

9 Clues: The smallest planet • The third largest planet • Natural satellite of Earth • The only planet with life forms • Natural source of light and heat • The largest planet in the Solar System • The fourth largest planet in the Solar System • The ring planet, the second largest in the Solar • It is called the Red Planet because of its colored

12 Clues: Capital of Turkey. • Neptune is this color. • The planet known for having rings. • The Galaxy where the Solar System is. • The biggest planet in The Solar System. • Name of the biggest star in the Universe. • Phase of the moon when you can´t see it at all. • Name of the main character in Assassin's Creed Valhalla. • ...

8 Clues: This orbits the earth. • Has rings of gas around it. • The 7th planet in the solar system. • The only planet that supports life. • The largest star in the solar system. • The largest planet in the solar system. • The planet with the highest temperature. • All of the planets do this around the sun.

8 Clues: the planet with a ring • the second planet from the Sun • the farthest planet from the Sun • the seventh planet of the Solar System • the biggest planet of the Solar System • the smallest planet of the Solar System • This planet is known as the Red Planet. • About 70% of this planet is covered by water.

11 Clues: The red planet • The third planet from the Sun • The planet known for its rings • The second planet from the Sun • The farthest planet from the Sun • The "ice giant" in our solar system • The largest planet in our solar system • The smallest planet in our solar system • The planet known for its tilted rotation • The planet named after the god of war (Roman) • ...

13 Clues: the closest planet to the Sun • Former ninth planet, now classified as a dwarf planet. • The planet with a tilted axis, often called an "ice giant." • Earth's natural satellite, responsible for tides and lunar phases. • The third planet from the Sun, the only one known to support life. • The largest planet in the Solar System, known for its Great Red Spot. • ...

16 Clues: The big, bright star in our solar system that gives us light and warmth. • A person who travels to space in a spacecraft to explore and conduct experiments. • The Earth's natural satellite that orbits around it and can be seen in the night sky. • Our home planet, where we live, with land, water, and an atmosphere that supports life. • ...

13 Clues: The sun is in the center of the solar system • The Earth is in the center of our solar system • Something that can be proven over and over again • The shape of our Milky Way, has 2 main spiral arms • The branch of science that studies objects in space • An idea that something is true but cannot be proven • The tendency of an object to resist change in motion • ...

8 Clues: Non-existent, maybe • Home for humans, of course • Home to spooky and wacky aliens • Largest planet in the solar system • Fastest planet in the solar system • Second brightest object in the night sky • Farthest and the loneliest planet in the solar system • Planet that loves to play with hula hoop (has rings around it)

18 Clues: The _____ is 4.6 billion years old! • It takes 12 _____, or 365 days, for the Earth to travel around the Sun. • The sun is so large that about 1,300,000 _____ Earths can fit inside of it. • A _____ is an object that orbits a planet or something else that is not a star. • A solar system is a _____ of planets, moons, and the sun that they orbit around. • ...

18 Clues: the makeup of something • The spinning motion of a planet on its axis • A force that pulls objects toward each other • a natural object that revolves around a planet • The movement of an object around another object • balls of ice, rock, and dust in space with a tail • An object that revolves around another object in space • ...

18 Clues: the planet that we live on • the planet closest to the sun • the path that planets take around the sun • objects that orbit planets or dwarf planets • when the moon blocks out light from the sun • what it is when the Earth is facing the sun • pattern of stars in the night sky that we see • using available data to guess what will happen • ...

8 Clues: Large ring • The densest giant planet. • the third planet from the Sun • The largest in the Solar System • Its name is the Greek god of the sky. • Is the smallest planet in the Solar System • The second-smallest planet in the Solar System. • It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.

28 Clues: a supercontinent • the star at the center of the Solar System • the statistics of weather over long periods of time • the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. • the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. • the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. • ...

28 Clues: a supercontinent • the star at the center of the Solar System • the statistics of weather over long periods of time • the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. • the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. • the second planet from the Sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. • ...

67 Clues: Stellar collapse • The fastest planet • Earth’s “Evil Twin” • Pluto’s largest moon • How the universe began • Effectively a baby star • A moon that orbits the sun • The first orbital telescope • A planet’s natural satellite • Planet H in our solar system • An object in planetary orbit • The most popular dwarf planet • The hypothetical ninth planet • Radiation from stellar collapse • ...

11 Clues: is the sun a star or a planet • what planet is closet to the sun • Is the planet Neptune bigger than Earth? • Who was the first person to walk on the moon? • What is the hottest planet in our solar system? • How many billion years old is the solar system? • What is the name of the force holding us to the Earth? • ...

11 Clues: The red planet • Earth's natural satellite • The closest planet to the sun • The planet famous for its ringd • An ice giant that rotates on its side • A vast system of stars, dust, and gas • The largest planet in our solar system • A massive ball of glowing gas in space • Third planet from the sun and our home • The star at the centre of our solar system • ...

18 Clues: The sun is made mostly of _______.(A) • The only star in our solar system (A) • Planets orbit stars while _____ orbit planets. (A) • Sputnik 1 was the first _______ to be sent into space. • A planet orbiting the sun - the definition of a year. (A) • A planet spinning on its axis creating day and night. (A) • ...

18 Clues: sun sets in the • sun rises in the • Earth is between the Moon and Sun • moon is between Earth and the sun • groups of stars in specific patterns • change in the sunlit area of one celestial body • means the part of the moon we see is getting smaller • shine day and night but only visible after the sun sets • visible fraction of the sunlit moon continues to decrease • ...

18 Clues: an object that orbits a planet • a push or pull exerted on an object • the movement of an object around another object • the process by which energy is produced in stars • the periodic rise and fall of the level of water in the ocean • the partial or total blocking of one object in space by another • the central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place • ...

11 Clues: national animal-noun • you can see your self • the girls is wonderful • the word refer to smart • other word for very light • accurate word for accurate • the word refer to offten-adverb • smallest bone in human body-noun • second planet in solar system -noun • smallest planet in solar system -noun • one of the biggest animal in the world-noun

11 Clues: the dwarf planet • the smallest planet • what surrounds saturn • nearest star to earth • the name of our galaxy • jupiter's largest moon • third planet from the sun • first man to walk on the moon • distance measurement unit used in the universe • the first space probe to leave the solar system • name of the second largest planet in the solar system

11 Clues: / Around an object • / Live on this planet • / The center of Earth • / Controls the oceans tides • / The closest planet to the sun • / The center of the solar system • / Last planet in the inner circle • / The farthest planet from the sun • / The only planet with rings around it • / The largest planet in the solar system • / A way something moves around something

12 Clues: the sun • the moon • our planet • our univerzes • a group of stars • Way Galaxy our galaxy • all the universe combined • system our group of planets • the star in the solar system • moon all the moon is visible in the sky • moon moon that is not visible in the sky • Quarter moon 3 quarters of the moon is in the sky

11 Clues: oblong dwarf planet • type of clarified butter • most famous dwarf planet • bright-white dwarf planet • yellow-ish white dwarf planet • Moon outside the solar system • this week's newsletter number • Planet outside the solar system • dwarf planet with ammonia splotches • largest instrument in the brass family • ...

11 Clues: size of an object • big sphere of Earth • the act of orbiting • pulling you right now • going around an object • contains our solar system • length between two objects • the spinning motion of an object • earth is in it with other planets • stopping never ending continuous movement • the gaseous layer of the earth stopping things from entering

13 Clues: A government led by a king or queen • A government or controlling organization • An ancient Greek philosopher and thinker • A model of the solar system with the sun at the center • A physician, surgeon and philosopher in the Roman Empire • A major change in how people see or understand something • A Greek mathematician, astronomer, geographer and astrologer • ...

13 Clues: Heavenly Spheres" • What kind of galaxy is the Milky Way • the tallest mountain in the solar system • Who was the first living creature in space • A comet's tail points in which direction of sun • Name the heaviest object ever launched into space • Which planet takes almost 30 Earth years to orbit the sun • Which was the first space probe to leave the solar system • ...

13 Clues: the sun and all planets • went round and round very fast • a person that travels in space • a group of stars that has a name • a place where people live and work in space • its in solar system and the hottest one there • an tiny things in the space that you see at night • is the eighth planet from the Sun in our solar system • ...

8 Clues: Super small • Where we live • Hottest planet • Coldest planet • Big ball of gas • "The Red Planet" • Used to be a planet • Very cold and stormy

8 Clues: Biggest Planet • Fourth Planet from sun • Planet Closest to the sun • The Third-largest planet. • Orbital period of 29 years • Orbital Period of 225 days. • Orbital period of 365 days. • The Eighth planet from the sun.

8 Clues: and Venus • rock , ice , dust • rocky remnants airless • found in every planet except for • high speed , burn up , shooting stars • made up of dust grains and small asteroids • orbits the sun , found in milky way galaxy • Hot , made of gasses yellow ,hydrogen and helium

8 Clues: - Red Planet • - Largest planet • - The lost planet • - Eight in number • - Natural Satellite • - Planet with Rings • - Planet sustaining life • - source of Heat and Light

8 Clues: has 53 moons • closest to sun • hottest planet • perfect for life • has a ring around it • nicknamed the "red planet" • coldest planet in our solar system • only planet not visible to the naked eye