solar system Crossword Puzzles

Our Solar System 2015-04-16

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planets closest to the sun
large body of rock or gas that revolves around a star
planets farthest from the sun
the sun and the objects that move around it
inner planets are made of ______

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number of planets in our solar system
the planet with the longest orbit
the path a revolving object follows
how planets move in space
the planet with the shortest orbit

10 Clues: how planets move in space • planets closest to the sun • planets farthest from the sun • inner planets are made of ______ • the planet with the longest orbit • the planet with the shortest orbit • the path a revolving object follows • number of planets in our solar system • the sun and the objects that move around it • large body of rock or gas that revolves around a star

The Solar System 2021-02-09

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They are made from ice and dust.
The largest planet in our Solar System.
It has a big ring around it.
It takes one _____ for the Earth to travel around the Sun.
It is called the red planet.

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_____ last for years in Neptune.
The smallest and closest planet to the Sun.
A planet which has 27 moons and 11 rings around it.
Ceris, Pluto and Eris are considered _____ because of their size
All the heat, light and energy comes from the _____.

10 Clues: It has a big ring around it. • It is called the red planet. • _____ last for years in Neptune. • They are made from ice and dust. • The largest planet in our Solar System. • The smallest and closest planet to the Sun. • A planet which has 27 moons and 11 rings around it. • All the heat, light and energy comes from the _____. • ...

The solar system 2022-03-10

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A natural body that revolves around a planet
Spinning around an axis
Everything that exists in space
The path of an object in space around another
A huge ball of very hot gases in space

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A ball of ice, rock, and frozen gases
The 4 biggest planets are called the
The 4 smallest planets are called the
system planets and stars revolve around the
The star at the center of the solar system

10 Clues: Spinning around an axis • Everything that exists in space • The 4 biggest planets are called the • A ball of ice, rock, and frozen gases • The 4 smallest planets are called the • A huge ball of very hot gases in space • The star at the center of the solar system • system planets and stars revolve around the • A natural body that revolves around a planet • ...

Solar System Crossword 2022-04-29

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is set up by the sun, eight planets, moons, and other object that revolve around the sun.
is a large ball-shaped body that revolves, or travels around, the sun.
is one complete spin on an axis.
is the imaginary line that runs between the North pole and the South pole.
is a complete trip around the sun which is responsible of the seasons.

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is the 3rd planet and only planet known to have liquid water and life.
is a dwarf planet located in the outer layer of the solar system.
is the closest planet to the sun.
is the 4th planet and has minerals that make it look red.
is the hottest and 2nd planet.

10 Clues: is the hottest and 2nd planet. • is one complete spin on an axis. • is the closest planet to the sun. • is the 4th planet and has minerals that make it look red. • is a dwarf planet located in the outer layer of the solar system. • is the 3rd planet and only planet known to have liquid water and life. • ...

Solar System Phases 2022-09-12

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A small chunk of rocks that orbit the sun
Mercury,Venus,Earth,mars
The planet we live on.
Asteroids shaped in a disk-liked region between mars and Jupiter.
small objects that orbit our sun
Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune

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A rock that hits the earths surface
Everything orbits this. Is our light/heat.
Also called a shooting star
Asteroids behind the outer planets

10 Clues: The planet we live on. • Mercury,Venus,Earth,mars • Also called a shooting star • Jupiter,Saturn,Uranus,Neptune • small objects that orbit our sun • Asteroids behind the outer planets • A rock that hits the earths surface • A small chunk of rocks that orbit the sun • Everything orbits this. Is our light/heat. • ...

our solar system 2022-09-19

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a planet with water and land
a ball of gas in the middle of our solar system
the planet closest to us
the biggest planet
it is the furthest planet from the sun

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the hottest planet
icy gas giant with rings
it has rings
a planet closest to the sun
a dwarf planet

10 Clues: it has rings • a dwarf planet • the hottest planet • the biggest planet • icy gas giant with rings • the planet closest to us • a planet closest to the sun • a planet with water and land • it is the furthest planet from the sun • a ball of gas in the middle of our solar system

Solar System Crossword 2021-12-06

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The force of an object to pull another to itself
Not being harmful to the environment
Something that is made with two ore more substances mixed together
A planet of gas
Our solar system is a speak compared to our ________.

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The name of this Crossword
Separates the inner planets from the outer planets
Mass of air that surrounds Earth
The outermost layer of an object
A planet of ice

10 Clues: A planet of ice • A planet of gas • The name of this Crossword • Mass of air that surrounds Earth • The outermost layer of an object • Not being harmful to the environment • The force of an object to pull another to itself • Separates the inner planets from the outer planets • Our solar system is a speak compared to our ________. • ...

The Solar System 2022-02-17

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The solar system is part of the
Planet made from gas
Famous for its rings
Has a moon named Charon
Only planet with oxygen

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Is the only planet that is on its side
The number of planets
The hottest planet
The coldest planet
93 million miles from earth

10 Clues: The hottest planet • The coldest planet • Planet made from gas • Famous for its rings • The number of planets • Has a moon named Charon • Only planet with oxygen • 93 million miles from earth • The solar system is part of the • Is the only planet that is on its side

solar system crossword 2022-11-07

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Im so hot when you approach me
I have a neckless around me
It's my home
I'm the seventh planet from the sun
Sometimes you see me and sometimes you don't see me

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I have a big cold everyday
An alien planet
When you live in me you will be whipped the supersonic wind
Im always in summer
A dwarf planet

10 Clues: It's my home • A dwarf planet • An alien planet • Im always in summer • I have a big cold everyday • I have a neckless around me • Im so hot when you approach me • I'm the seventh planet from the sun • Sometimes you see me and sometimes you don't see me • When you live in me you will be whipped the supersonic wind

The Solar system 2022-10-05

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A group of stars that forms a picture.
The time of day when the sun first appears in the morning. The sun looks low in the sky.

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The time of day when the sun goes down and the sun looks low in the sky.
The curved path that planets like Earth take around the sun or moons take around the planets.
The sun, the planets, their moons, and other objects that move around the sun.
Midday or 12 o’clock in the daytime, when the sun is high in the sky.
A hole in the ground shaped like a bowl, often found on the moon.
The star is made of hot, glowing gases that we see in the daytime. The sun is the center of Earth’s solar system.
The shape of the lighted part of the moon, such as a full moon or a new moon.
A big ball of burning gases in space that gives off light and heat.

10 Clues: A group of stars that forms a picture. • A hole in the ground shaped like a bowl, often found on the moon. • A big ball of burning gases in space that gives off light and heat. • Midday or 12 o’clock in the daytime, when the sun is high in the sky. • The time of day when the sun goes down and the sun looks low in the sky. • ...

Our Solar System 2022-10-27

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The Planet Your On Right Now
The Biggest Planet
The Red Planet
Closest Planet To The Sun
The Second Biggest Gas Giant

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Has Fourteen Moons
It Has Over 200 Billion Stars
Was Discovered In 1781
A Day On This Planet Is Over A Year On Earth
Is The Centre Of The Solar System

10 Clues: The Red Planet • Has Fourteen Moons • The Biggest Planet • Was Discovered In 1781 • Closest Planet To The Sun • The Planet Your On Right Now • The Second Biggest Gas Giant • It Has Over 200 Billion Stars • Is The Centre Of The Solar System • A Day On This Planet Is Over A Year On Earth

Our Solar system 2024-01-29

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spins on its side
hottest planet
a dwarf planet
closest planet to the sun
furthest planet from the sun

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a large star
the largest planet
the red planet
this planet has rings
our home planet

10 Clues: a large star • the red planet • hottest planet • a dwarf planet • our home planet • spins on its side • the largest planet • this planet has rings • closest planet to the sun • furthest planet from the sun

Solar System Crossword 2023-10-16

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small Planet with its own gravity.
Geocentric beliefs
"dirty snowball"
Heliocentric beliefs
Big dipper

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Leo the lion
North Star.
Neil Armstrong landed here
remains from the formation of the solar system
A burning floating rock, moving through space

10 Clues: Big dipper • North Star. • Leo the lion • "dirty snowball" • Geocentric beliefs • Heliocentric beliefs • Neil Armstrong landed here • small Planet with its own gravity. • A burning floating rock, moving through space • remains from the formation of the solar system

Solar System Crossword 2023-10-16

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"dirty snowball"
Heliocentric beliefs
Neil Armstrong landed here
A burning floating rock, moving through space
North Star.
remains from the formation of the solar system

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Geocentric beliefs
small Planet with its own gravity.
Leo the lion
Big dipper

Solar System Bodies 2023-10-17

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third planet from the sun
composed of ice, rock and gas
planets orbiting sun
smaller than a planet but has its own gravity
size ranges from grain of sand to 1000km
orbitingc companions

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what we use to measure in space
planets orbiting earth
patterns of stars
pieces of rock floating through space

10 Clues: patterns of stars • planets orbiting sun • orbitingc companions • planets orbiting earth • third planet from the sun • composed of ice, rock and gas • what we use to measure in space • pieces of rock floating through space • size ranges from grain of sand to 1000km • smaller than a planet but has its own gravity

The Solar System 2020-06-22

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- The nearest planet to the sun
- a ball of mostly ice that moves around in outer space.
- the hotest planet in the solar system
- a hot gas ball giant who provides light to all planets
- The furthest planet from the sun

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- the red planet
- a dwarf planet (often known as the ninth planet)
- a natrual satalite of earth
- The only planet who has living organsims
- The most beautiful planet in the solar system

10 Clues: - the red planet • - The nearest planet to the sun • - a natrual satalite of earth • - The furthest planet from the sun • - the hotest planet in the solar system • - The only planet who has living organsims • - The most beautiful planet in the solar system • - a dwarf planet (often known as the ninth planet) • ...

Solar System Crossword 2023-02-15

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the four planets closest to the sun
a streak of light when a meteoroid gets hot in the atmosphere
very large planets that don’t have any known solid surfaces
icy object that releases gases as it orbits the sun
the average distance between the earth and the sun
when a meteor strikes earth

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rocky object that orbits the sun
a cloud of billions of comets behind pluto
between mars and jupiter, or scattered throughout the solar system
an imaginary line about which a body rotated

10 Clues: when a meteor strikes earth • rocky object that orbits the sun • the four planets closest to the sun • a cloud of billions of comets behind pluto • an imaginary line about which a body rotated • the average distance between the earth and the sun • icy object that releases gases as it orbits the sun • very large planets that don’t have any known solid surfaces • ...

Autumn Jenree P1 2023-10-24

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when the planet's core cooled and shrank, causing the surface to crack.Planetesimal
The planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, are called
large objects made of dust and ice that orbit the Sun.
Objects in space that range in size from dust grains to small asteroids
a fundamental system in condensed matter sciences and the main constituent of gas giant planets
a meteor that survives its passage through the earth's atmosphere such that part of it strikes the ground
orbiting sphere that is not a planet
a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune
an illusion caused by the fact that objects in our solar system orbit the Sun at different distances and speeds
a circle that has been squashed or flattened a bit

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the mean distance between the center of the Earth and the center of the sun
Rocky debris creating colorful streaks of light
large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen
the habitable__
an area outside the four inner planet
how flat or round the shape of the ellipse is
appears as a streak of light

17 Clues: the habitable__ • appears as a streak of light • orbiting sphere that is not a planet • an area outside the four inner planet • how flat or round the shape of the ellipse is • Rocky debris creating colorful streaks of light • a circle that has been squashed or flattened a bit • large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen • ...

The Solar System 2020-06-22

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- The nearest planet to the sun
- a ball of mostly ice that moves around in outer space.
- the hotest planet in the solar system
- a hot gas ball giant who provides light to all planets
- The furthest planet from the sun

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- the red planet
- a dwarf planet (often known as the ninth planet)
- a natrual satalite of earth
- The only planet who has living organsims
- The most beautiful planet in the solar system

Gravity crossword 2021-10-26

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Newton: the scientist who discovered gravity
objects in motion will stay moving in a line
Galilei: the scientist who tested gravity
one factor that acts on gravity

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the amount of matter in an object
Dust and Gravity: what the earth is made of
what the planets orbit because of gravity
the amount of gravity exerted on an object
the dust + gas that made our solar system
the force that governs the solar system

10 Clues: one factor that acts on gravity • the amount of matter in an object • the force that governs the solar system • what the planets orbit because of gravity • the dust + gas that made our solar system • Galilei: the scientist who tested gravity • the amount of gravity exerted on an object • Dust and Gravity: what the earth is made of • ...

Gravity crossword 2021-10-26

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the amount of gravity exerted on an object
one factor that acts on gravity
the dust + gas that made our solar system
the force that governs the solar system
the amount of matter in an object

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the scientist who discovered gravity
the law that states objects in motion will stay in motion in a line
Dust and gases compressed together
what the planets orbit because of gravity
the scientist who tested gravity

10 Clues: one factor that acts on gravity • the scientist who tested gravity • the amount of matter in an object • Dust and gases compressed together • the scientist who discovered gravity • the force that governs the solar system • what the planets orbit because of gravity • the dust + gas that made our solar system • the amount of gravity exerted on an object • ...

Gravity crossword 2021-10-26

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the scientist who discovered gravity
the amount of gravity exerted on an object
the amount of matter in an object
the scientist who tested gravity
the dust + gas that made our solar system
Dust and gases compressed together

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the law that states objects in motion will stay in motion in a line
one factor that acts on gravity
The force that governs the solar system
what the planets orbit because of gravity

10 Clues: one factor that acts on gravity • the scientist who tested gravity • the amount of matter in an object • Dust and gases compressed together • the scientist who discovered gravity • The force that governs the solar system • what the planets orbit because of gravity • the dust + gas that made our solar system • the amount of gravity exerted on an object • ...

Reading Vocabulary Review 2017-09-04

Reading Vocabulary Review crossword puzzle

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There are nine_____in the solar system.
The largest planet is_____.
The moon's shape can be compared to this fruit.
One of Jupiter's moons is called ______.
The planet we live is_____.

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The force that makes things fall to the ground is_____.
You can look through this to see the planets.
The planet that is farthest from the sun is_____.
The_____is in the middle of the solar system.
The sun gives heat and ______.

10 Clues: The largest planet is_____. • The planet we live is_____. • The sun gives heat and ______. • There are nine_____in the solar system. • One of Jupiter's moons is called ______. • You can look through this to see the planets. • The_____is in the middle of the solar system. • The moon's shape can be compared to this fruit. • The planet that is farthest from the sun is_____. • ...

Solar system + gravity 2024-05-03

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All the planets orbit this object
Orbits the Sun
giant spherical shell surrounding our solar system
What keeps everything in space pulled together

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A famous scientist who is known for his three laws of motion
The measure of gravitational pull
Attraction between objects
frozen leftovers from the formation of the solar system composed of dust, rock, and ices
The amount of matter an object is made out of
Orbits the Moon

10 Clues: Orbits the Sun • Orbits the Moon • Attraction between objects • All the planets orbit this object • The measure of gravitational pull • The amount of matter an object is made out of • What keeps everything in space pulled together • giant spherical shell surrounding our solar system • A famous scientist who is known for his three laws of motion • ...

Scientific Revolution WordSearch 2023-01-13

Scientific Revolution WordSearch crossword puzzle

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any theory of the structure of the solar system
discovered Gravity
the first widely accepted idea that the sun was the center of the solar system
Harvey the first person to correctly describe circulation
the traditional view of the world
a powerful offices set up within the catholic church to root out and punish heresy.

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a Natural philosopher,astronomer,and mathematician.
a mathematician and astronomer.
force between two objects
used to magnify images

10 Clues: discovered Gravity • used to magnify images • force between two objects • a mathematician and astronomer. • the traditional view of the world • any theory of the structure of the solar system • a Natural philosopher,astronomer,and mathematician. • Harvey the first person to correctly describe circulation • ...

Solar System Part 2 2024-11-07

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zone is an area in which water can exist.
an object in motion to resist a change in motion
a loose ball of ice and rock
only planet with visible rings
an object that orbits the sun

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known as a gas giant, largest planet
a universal force
only known planet with living things
hottest planet in the solar system
small rocky body that orbits the sun and inner solar system

10 Clues: a universal force • a loose ball of ice and rock • an object that orbits the sun • only planet with visible rings • hottest planet in the solar system • known as a gas giant, largest planet • only known planet with living things • zone is an area in which water can exist. • an object in motion to resist a change in motion • ...

Introduction to Planetary Astronomy: Terrestrial Planets 2020-10-28

Introduction to Planetary Astronomy: Terrestrial Planets crossword puzzle

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This planet has a reddish hue because its surface rusted
caused larger rocks to stick together with other rocks in the protoplanetary nebula
smooth lava plains on the moon are caused by this geological process
Venus is believed to have vast surface __________ before the dramatic volcanic activity and a runaway greenhouse removed all the surface water
most of the cratering in the universe happened in the ________ billion years
Earth is the only terrestrial planet to have a _____________ which protects its from solar and galactic particle radiation (2wrds)
the reason that venus is so much hotter than earth (3wrds)
conservation law that caused the gas cloud to flatten into the protoplanetary disk
Water was on the surface of mars ___________ of years ago
this location has the thinnest lava in the solar system
Large __________ are thought to have caused Earth's moon, Venus spinning backwards and mercury's odd core
main chemical in Mars' Atmosphere
the new set of missions heading to the moon, and setting the first woman on the moon in 2024 is called ________

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conservation law that caused the gas cloud to spin
the reason for 3km high cliffs on mercury
the nitrogen that makes up the earth's atmosphere is made from UV light breaking apart this outgassed element
caused small flakes to stick together in the early protoplanetary nebula(2wrds)
coronae on venus are caused by this geologic surface process
only Earth and Mars have these (2wrds)
long crack features seen in the mare on the moon
the amount of times stronger Venus's surface pressure is than Earth's
is considered the terrestrial planet with the oldest geological surface
is the largest volcano in the solar system
venus has _____ impact craters on its surface
ices only condensed outside of the ________ in the protoplanetary nebula (2wrds)
This is one of the largest of this type in the solar system, and is the remnant of the largest impact crater on Mars (2wrds)
Earth's oxygen atmosphere came from ________ on the planet

27 Clues: main chemical in Mars' Atmosphere • only Earth and Mars have these (2wrds) • the reason for 3km high cliffs on mercury • is the largest volcano in the solar system • venus has _____ impact craters on its surface • long crack features seen in the mare on the moon • conservation law that caused the gas cloud to spin • ...

The Space Quiz 2021-07-25

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system The collection of planets and their moons, in orbit around a sun.
A giant star in the middle of our solar system.
A fixed luminous point in space.
A piece of rock or metal that has fallen to the earth's surface from space as a meteor.
A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
A small rocky body orbiting the sun.

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The natural satellite of a planet.
A spot or patch that appears from time to time on the sun's surface.
year A unit of astronomical distance.
An artificial body placed in orbit around a body in space for research purposes.
An object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust.
A small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere.
The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft round a star, planet, or moon.
A system of millions or billions of stars.

14 Clues: A fixed luminous point in space. • The natural satellite of a planet. • A small rocky body orbiting the sun. • year A unit of astronomical distance. • A system of millions or billions of stars. • A giant star in the middle of our solar system. • An object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust. • A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star. • ...

Scientific Revolution 2024-01-19

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His belief's and Ideas on the social Contract and individuality helped carry out the French revolution
French Noble that identified 3 kinds of Government and stated the Separation of Powers
Created SOcial Contract
System where rulers tried to govern with enlighten principles while still maintaining royal power _____ absolutism
Italian scientist that helped prove the work of Kepler and Copercornious about orbit of planets
Life, Liberty, Estate
Philosophe that created Natural Rights
Concept stating an entire society agrees to be governed by its own will

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Drawing rooms for the Gathering of the wealthy to discuss new ideas of philosophes
Statement that Government is split into 3 branches separation of ____
A theory that states the Sun is in the center of the Solar System
A method That involves hypothesis, experiment, Data, Conclusion
A theory that states that the Earth is in the center of the Solar System
Intuectuals of the enlightenment were called this

14 Clues: Life, Liberty, Estate • Created SOcial Contract • Philosophe that created Natural Rights • Intuectuals of the enlightenment were called this • A method That involves hypothesis, experiment, Data, Conclusion • A theory that states the Sun is in the center of the Solar System • Statement that Government is split into 3 branches separation of ____ • ...

Inner Planets and features 2026-01-23

Inner Planets and features crossword puzzle

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Limit: The distance within which a celestial body held together by its own gravity will disintegrate due to tidal forces
Planets: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Terra: A large highland region on Venus.
Moons: Jupiter's four largest moons Io, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto
Systems: Found around giant planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
Basin: A huge impact crater on Mercury.
A cliff or steep slope, common on Mercury and Mars.
Planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
& Deimos: Mars's two small, irregularly shaped moons.
Jupiter's largest moon, bigger than Mercury, with its own magnetic field.

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The breakdown of molecules by sunlight and important for atmosphere
Streams: Fast-moving winds in planetary atmospheres, prominent on Jovian planets.
Technology used to map surfaces, revealing features like scarps and basins.
Mons: The largest volcano in the Solar System, located on Mars.
Marineris: A massive canyon system on Mars, the largest in the Solar System.
Saturn's large moon, with a dense atmosphere and liquid methane lakes.
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. • ...

Earth and Spaces 2022-06-24

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icy bodies of frozen gases, rocks and dust left over from the formation of the solar system
Each planet in the solar system moves to its own rhythm.
an imaginary line around the middle of the Earth. It is halfway between the North and South Poles, and divides the Earth into the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.
are lumps of rock or iron that orbit the sun, just as planets, asteroids, and comets do
when the Earth comes between the Sun and the Full Moon and blocks the Sun's direct rays from lighting up the Moon.
rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small to be called planets.
During an eclipse, two shadows are cast. This shadow gets smaller as it goes away from the sun. It is the dark center of the eclipse shadow.
the asteroid belt found between mars and...
During a lunar eclipse Earth blocks_________ from reaching the moon
something that occur twice a month, happen when the sun and moon are at right angles to each other.
the partial shadow. the lighted area around the shadow of a planet or moon during an eclipse
period of the year that is distinguished by special climate conditions because of of Earth's axial tilt, our planet orbits the Sun on a slant which means different areas of earth point toward or away from the Sun at different times of the year.

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a space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere.
any celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body.
The inner planets are also called as
The ________ is in between the sun and Earth during a
The darkest part of the moon's shadow
occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby obscuring Earth's view of the Sun, totally or partially.
rock that falls to Earth from space. are pieces of asteroids, the small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
The movement of the Earth around the Sun in a fixed path is called
something that occur twice each lunar month all year long without regard to the season.
A lunar eclipse occurs at a _________ moon
A solar eclipse occurs at a _______moon
planet that has the most extensive ring structure, the second largest in solar system.
What color does the moon look during a lunar eclipse

25 Clues: The inner planets are also called as • The darkest part of the moon's shadow • A solar eclipse occurs at a _______moon • A lunar eclipse occurs at a _________ moon • the asteroid belt found between mars and... • a space rock that enters Earth's atmosphere. • What color does the moon look during a lunar eclipse • The ________ is in between the sun and Earth during a • ...

3.2 energy vocab 2020-10-19

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process of splitting water into hydrogen and oxygen by means of an electric current.
a device used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy.
a solar energy collection system that uses electrical or mechanical components to heat water or heat and cool buildings or produce electricity.
A field of electromagnetic energy produced by electricity flowing through power lines.
a device used to increase or decrease voltage supplied to a circuit.
Any unit that converts some form of energy into electrical energy such as a hydroelectric or steam-generating station a diesel-electric engine in a vehicle or a nuclear power plant.
A system of high-tension cables by which electrical power is distributed throughout a region.
fuels to eventually replace dwindling supplies of fossil fuels.
Moves energy in a usable form from one place to another like electricity or hydrogen.
A solar energy collection system that does not require electrical or mechanical components can directly heat water or buildings or reduce solar heat gain or provide lighting.
Engineering that focuses on the development of a sustainable future through renewable energy wise use of natural resources recycling and assessment of environmental impact.
Conserving resources through efficient and prudent use.

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Device that combines hydrogen or other fuels and oxygen and produces electricity in the process.
Naturally occurring materials found within the Earth or its atmosphere.
An electrical power distribution network that can transmit electricity
substances discharged into the air
a direct current voltage source made up of one or more units that convert chemical thermal nuclear or solar energy into electrical energy that can be stored until it is needed.
Process in which high-temperature steam separates hydrogen from carbon atoms in methane (CH4).
first and simplest element on the periodic table. It is one of the most common elements in the galaxy.
a negatively charged particle.
a machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast-moving flow of water steam gas or air.

21 Clues: a negatively charged particle. • substances discharged into the air • Conserving resources through efficient and prudent use. • fuels to eventually replace dwindling supplies of fossil fuels. • a device used to convert mechanical energy into electrical energy. • a device used to increase or decrease voltage supplied to a circuit. • ...

Introduction to Planetary Astronomy: Terrestrial Planets 2022-03-30

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This planet has a reddish hue because its surface rusted
caused larger rocks to stick together with other rocks in the protoplanetary nebula
smooth lava plains on the moon are caused by this geological process
Venus is believed to have vast surface __________ before the dramatic volcanic activity and a runaway greenhouse removed all the surface water
most of the cratering in the universe happened in the ________ billion years
Earth is the only terrestrial planet to have a _____________ which protects its from solar and galactic particle radiation (2wrds)
the reason that venus is so much hotter than earth (3wrds)
conservation law that caused the gas cloud to flatten into the protoplanetary disk
Water was on the surface of mars ___________ of years ago
this location has the thinnest lava in the solar system
Large __________ are thought to have caused Earth's moon, Venus spinning backwards and mercury's odd core
main chemical in Mars' Atmosphere
the new set of missions heading to the moon, and setting the first woman on the moon in 2024 is called ________

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conservation law that caused the gas cloud to spin
the reason for 3km high cliffs on mercury
the nitrogen that makes up the earth's atmosphere is made from UV light breaking apart this outgassed element
caused small flakes to stick together in the early protoplanetary nebula(2wrds)
coronae on venus are caused by this geologic surface process
only Earth and Mars have these (2wrds)
long crack features seen in the mare on the moon
the amount of times stronger Venus's surface pressure is than Earth's
is considered the terrestrial planet with the oldest geological surface
is the largest volcano in the solar system
venus has _____ impact craters on its surface
ices only condensed outside of the ________ in the protoplanetary nebula (2wrds)
This is one of the largest of this type in the solar system, and is the remnant of the largest impact crater on Mars (2wrds)
Earth's oxygen atmosphere came from ________ on the planet

Carter Daluisio Period 1 2023-12-05

Carter Daluisio Period 1 crossword puzzle

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at the planet's opposition which is when it is exactly opposite the Sun.
Hydrogen becomes a liquid at very low temperature and high pressure.
a place between the rocky planets and the gas planets
the four innermost planets in the solar system.
Small chunks of rock that travel through space
the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
space rocks and chunks of space metal that land on Earth

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a measure of how non-circular the orbit of a body is.
a small chunk of dust and ice that orbits, or travels around, the sun.
a large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen
a ring of icy bodies just outside of Neptune's orbit.
Very small body not quite a planet
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust
one of numerous small solid heavenly bodies which may have existed at an early stage of the development of the solar system and from which the planets may have been formed.
Small chunks of rock that travel through space
an interaction between a planet, such as Earth, and streams of debris from a comet.
the orbit of each planet in the Solar System is approximately an ellipse with the Sun at one focus point
the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for l on the surface of surrounding planets

18 Clues: Very small body not quite a planet • the distance between the Earth and the Sun. • Small chunks of rock that travel through space • Small chunks of rock that travel through space • the four innermost planets in the solar system. • a measure of how non-circular the orbit of a body is. • a ring of icy bodies just outside of Neptune's orbit. • ...

Carter Daluisio Period 1 2023-12-05

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at the planet's opposition which is when it is exactly opposite the Sun.
Hydrogen becomes a liquid at very low temperature and high pressure.
a place between the rocky planets and the gas planets
the four innermost planets in the solar system.
Small chunks of rock that travel through space
the distance between the Earth and the Sun.
space rocks and chunks of space metal that land on Earth

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a measure of how non-circular the orbit of a body is.
a small chunk of dust and ice that orbits, or travels around, the sun.
a large planet mostly composed of helium and/or hydrogen
a ring of icy bodies just outside of Neptune's orbit.
Very small body not quite a planet
a line of cliffs formed by the faulting or fracturing of the earth's crust
one of numerous small solid heavenly bodies which may have existed at an early stage of the development of the solar system and from which the planets may have been formed.
Small chunks of rock that travel through space
an interaction between a planet, such as Earth, and streams of debris from a comet.
the orbit of each planet in the Solar System is approximately an ellipse with the Sun at one focus point
the area around a star where it is not too hot and not too cold for l on the surface of surrounding planets

Space Crossword 2012-10-23

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What type of people go up into space?
What is the "Milky Way?"
Furthest planet from the Sun.
A person who travels into the "unknown".
What's the closest planet to the Sun?

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What is the study of the stars called?
What do you need to see the Solar System up-close?
What's the biggest planet in our Solar System?
A vehicle used to launch satellites.
What planet do we live on?

10 Clues: What is the "Milky Way?" • What planet do we live on? • Furthest planet from the Sun. • A vehicle used to launch satellites. • What type of people go up into space? • What's the closest planet to the Sun? • What is the study of the stars called? • A person who travels into the "unknown". • What's the biggest planet in our Solar System? • ...

Space Crossword 2016-09-07

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Our solar system is called the
The largest planet in our solar system is
The planet we call home.
When looking into the night sky we can the stars and the

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Planets and stars can be seen through a
Astronauts float in space because there is no
The closest planet to the sun.
Planet that has the most rings around
What is the biggest start in our galaxy.
What is the red planet

10 Clues: What is the red planet • The planet we call home. • Our solar system is called the • The closest planet to the sun. • Planet that has the most rings around • Planets and stars can be seen through a • What is the biggest start in our galaxy. • The largest planet in our solar system is • Astronauts float in space because there is no • ...

Chapter 21 Lesson 1-2 Croosword Puzzle 2017-04-20

Chapter 21 Lesson 1-2 Croosword Puzzle crossword puzzle

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A outer planet that has 60 moons.
The smallest inner planet.
Venus is hotter than Mercury because of
The largest planet in the solar system.
How does the size from the outer planets different from inner planets?

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The four largest moon of Jupiter.
One of the four outer planets.
The four planets named Mercury,Venus,Earth,& Mars.
One of the terrestrial planets.
They come from the outer parts of the solar system.

10 Clues: The smallest inner planet. • One of the four outer planets. • One of the terrestrial planets. • The four largest moon of Jupiter. • A outer planet that has 60 moons. • Venus is hotter than Mercury because of • The largest planet in the solar system. • The four planets named Mercury,Venus,Earth,& Mars. • They come from the outer parts of the solar system. • ...

Space, UFOs and Aliens 2017-06-03

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Sixth planet from the sun, second largest in the solar system
Ship A UFO that releases or takes in other UFOs
The study related to unidentified flying objects
Not explained, unknown
An occurrence of seeing something unusual

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Height above sea level
lights Abnormal lights seen in the night sky
a planet outside our solar system
When a human or an animal has been captured by an alien
Maybe from another world, extraterrestrial

10 Clues: Height above sea level • Not explained, unknown • a planet outside our solar system • An occurrence of seeing something unusual • Maybe from another world, extraterrestrial • lights Abnormal lights seen in the night sky • Ship A UFO that releases or takes in other UFOs • The study related to unidentified flying objects • ...

Venus 2022-02-15

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Venus spins on its axis ___
Venus has no ___
Venus is Earth's ___ planet
Venus' surface is covered in ___
Venus has the thickest ___ in our solar system

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In terms of temperature, Venus is the ___ planet in our solar system
Venus has a ___ greenhouse effect
in terms of light, Venus is the ___ planet in the night sky
Venus is the ___ planet from the Sun
Venus is named after the roman goddess of ___

10 Clues: Venus has no ___ • Venus spins on its axis ___ • Venus is Earth's ___ planet • Venus' surface is covered in ___ • Venus has a ___ greenhouse effect • Venus is the ___ planet from the Sun • Venus is named after the roman goddess of ___ • Venus has the thickest ___ in our solar system • in terms of light, Venus is the ___ planet in the night sky • ...

CLIL CROSSWORD MARIA JOSE 2022-06-28

CLIL CROSSWORD MARIA JOSE crossword puzzle

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They process in which an animal or person changes its body.
It is the fifth planet in the solar system and the largest.
animals that have no bones.
Planet they call red.
It is the eighth planet in distance from the Sun and the farthest in the solar system.

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Animals that eat meat.
Vertebrate animals that have brachia.
Stores life.
animals that have bones.
they count her as one more star.

10 Clues: Stores life. • Planet they call red. • Animals that eat meat. • animals that have bones. • animals that have no bones. • they count her as one more star. • Vertebrate animals that have brachia. • They process in which an animal or person changes its body. • It is the fifth planet in the solar system and the largest. • ...

FEBRUARU 2026-03-01

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The roman leader who make a new calendar
A year that includes February 29
The start at the center of our solar system
A system used to organize days, months and years

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The second month of the year with 28 days
A special year when February has 29 days
Very old, from long ago
Related to the moon
The ancient civilization that created the early calendar
Related to the sun

10 Clues: Related to the sun • Related to the moon • Very old, from long ago • A year that includes February 29 • The roman leader who make a new calendar • A special year when February has 29 days • The second month of the year with 28 days • The start at the center of our solar system • A system used to organize days, months and years • ...

Volcano 2014-01-09

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the biggest known volcano in the solar system
Unique volcanic rock that can float in water
75% of all volcanoes are here
Cracks were lava emerges
Height of mount Olympus Mons in miles
State of volcano when it is unlikely to erupt

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when pressure releases solid hot rocks that turn to lava
most active volcano in the solar system
Abnormally hot rock inside the earth
Name of the Roman god of fire

10 Clues: Cracks were lava emerges • 75% of all volcanoes are here • Name of the Roman god of fire • Abnormally hot rock inside the earth • Height of mount Olympus Mons in miles • most active volcano in the solar system • Unique volcanic rock that can float in water • the biggest known volcano in the solar system • State of volcano when it is unlikely to erupt • ...

Space! 2012-11-06

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an American space programme
The planet with lots of rings around it
largest planet in the Solar System
a group of people who settle in an area
System the name of our family of planets and the Sun

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the third planet from the Sun
a force that keeps us on Earth
closest planet to the Sun
a fast moving ball of dust and ice from space
the Earth's closest neighbour and satellite

10 Clues: closest planet to the Sun • an American space programme • the third planet from the Sun • a force that keeps us on Earth • largest planet in the Solar System • The planet with lots of rings around it • a group of people who settle in an area • the Earth's closest neighbour and satellite • a fast moving ball of dust and ice from space • ...

The Planets Crossword 2014-10-27

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What is the Sun? A ----
The coldest planet and the furthest from the sun.
Where do a lot of cartoons say aliens live?
The hottest planet and closest to the Sun.
What is the closest planet to Earth?

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What planet has lots of rings?
The largest planet in our Solar System.
Our solar system is in the Milky Way ------.
The planet we live on.
What is the seventh planet from the sun?

10 Clues: The planet we live on. • What is the Sun? A ---- • What planet has lots of rings? • What is the closest planet to Earth? • The largest planet in our Solar System. • What is the seventh planet from the sun? • The hottest planet and closest to the Sun. • Where do a lot of cartoons say aliens live? • Our solar system is in the Milky Way ------. • ...

outer planets 2023-04-27

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Saturn has the most_.
Uranus has _ largest diameter in solar system.
Jupiter has 9.93 _.
Its made of a thick soup of water,_ and methane over.
Saturn could float in water _.
Its more than 30 _ as far from the earth is.

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The moon is the _ largest satellite in the solar system.
The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million_.
Uranus is the _ plant from the sun.
Jupiter has 80_.

10 Clues: Jupiter has 80_. • Jupiter has 9.93 _. • Saturn has the most_. • Saturn could float in water _. • Uranus is the _ plant from the sun. • Its more than 30 _ as far from the earth is. • Uranus has _ largest diameter in solar system. • Its made of a thick soup of water,_ and methane over. • The moon is the _ largest satellite in the solar system. • ...

science 2022-05-13

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small chunk of rock in space
what causes meteors to disintegrate on earth
also known as a shooting star
a collection of ice and dust in the outer-most layer of the solar system
part of a meteor that makes it to earth's surface

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where most asteroids are found
would be a meteor if it entered the atmosphere
the center of our solar system
has a tail
what comets do around the sun

10 Clues: has a tail • small chunk of rock in space • also known as a shooting star • what comets do around the sun • where most asteroids are found • the center of our solar system • what causes meteors to disintegrate on earth • would be a meteor if it entered the atmosphere • part of a meteor that makes it to earth's surface • ...

words lost in space 2026-02-26

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what is the largest planet
what is the path the planets take around the sun called?
what planet is considerd the windiest
what is the hottest planet
what planet hes the largest volcano in the solar system

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what planet is famous for its rings
what planet has a 90 degree tilt
what is the sun
What planet did scientist used to think the solar system revolved around?
what is te smallest planet

10 Clues: what is the sun • what is the largest planet • what is the hottest planet • what is te smallest planet • what planet has a 90 degree tilt • what planet is famous for its rings • what planet is considerd the windiest • what planet hes the largest volcano in the solar system • what is the path the planets take around the sun called? • ...

Star crossword 2026-04-03

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A blue supergiant star in the constellation Orion.
The star currently at the North Celestial Pole.
A bright star in the constellation Aquila.
A red supergiant star in Orion.
The star at the center of our solar system.

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The closest star to our solar system.
A bright star in the constellation Cygnus.
A red supergiant star in Scorpius.
The brightest star in the night sky.
A bright star in the constellation Lyra.

10 Clues: A red supergiant star in Orion. • A red supergiant star in Scorpius. • The brightest star in the night sky. • The closest star to our solar system. • A bright star in the constellation Lyra. • A bright star in the constellation Cygnus. • A bright star in the constellation Aquila. • The star at the center of our solar system. • ...

Space Crossword 2013-08-26

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the largest planet.
as the Red Planet.
planet in the solar system.
is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?

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for its rings.
the planet Neptune bigger than Earth?
planet to the sun.
farthest planet from the sun.

8 Clues: for its rings. • planet to the sun. • as the Red Planet. • the largest planet. • planet in the solar system. • farthest planet from the sun. • the planet Neptune bigger than Earth? • is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?

The Planets 2022-01-26

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Farthest planet from the sun
Known for its red color
The coldest planet in our solar system
The biggest planet in our solar system

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Our closest planet to the sun
The hottest planet
Known for its rings
Only planet that supports life

8 Clues: The hottest planet • Known for its rings • Known for its red color • Farthest planet from the sun • Our closest planet to the sun • Only planet that supports life • The coldest planet in our solar system • The biggest planet in our solar system

Crossword 2024-01-09

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is the hottest planet in the solar system
is the giant planet of the solar system
no moon means
identify the picture

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protects us from many diseases
is the gaseous form of water
air is a mixture of
strong wind is called

8 Clues: no moon means • air is a mixture of • identify the picture • strong wind is called • is the gaseous form of water • protects us from many diseases • is the giant planet of the solar system • is the hottest planet in the solar system

Outside our World 2020-10-28

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The coldest planet in our solar system
Known as the red planet
Has 27 moons
Largest planet in our solar system

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The closest planet to the sun
The hottest planet
The planet with the rings
The planet known as the goldilocks planet

8 Clues: Has 27 moons • The hottest planet • Known as the red planet • The planet with the rings • The closest planet to the sun • Largest planet in our solar system • The coldest planet in our solar system • The planet known as the goldilocks planet

The Solar System P. 2020-11-19

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What's the name of our Galaxy?
The way the planet is moving?
What's the satellite of the Earth?
The place where is no air to breathe?
An icy, small Solar System?
How do we call a sphere of superheated gas?

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What does have the highest speed in the world?
The closest Galaxy to Milky Way?
There is a planet with rings around it?
What's in the center of the Solar System?

10 Clues: An icy, small Solar System? • The way the planet is moving? • What's the name of our Galaxy? • The closest Galaxy to Milky Way? • What's the satellite of the Earth? • The place where is no air to breathe? • There is a planet with rings around it? • What's in the center of the Solar System? • How do we call a sphere of superheated gas? • ...

Gravity crossword 2021-10-26

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the amount of gravity exerted on an object
one factor that acts on gravity
the dust + gas that made our solar system
what the planets orbit because of gravity
The force that governs the solar system

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the scientist who discovered gravity
Dust and gases compressed together
the scientist who tested gravity
the law that states objects in motion will stay in motion in a line
the amount of matter in an object

10 Clues: one factor that acts on gravity • the scientist who tested gravity • the amount of matter in an object • Dust and gases compressed together • the scientist who discovered gravity • The force that governs the solar system • the dust + gas that made our solar system • what the planets orbit because of gravity • the amount of gravity exerted on an object • ...

outer planets 2023-04-27

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Saturn has the most_.
Uranus has _ largest diameter in solar system.
Jupiter has 9.93 _.
Its made of a thick soup of water,_ and methane over.
Saturn could float in water _.
Its more than 30 _ as far from the earth is.

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The moon is the _ largest satellite in the solar system.
The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million_.
Uranus is the _ plant from the sun.
Jupiter has 80_.

outer planets 2023-04-27

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Saturn has the most_.
Uranus has _ largest diameter in solar system.
Jupiter has 9.93 _.
Its made of a thick soup of water,_ and methane over.
Saturn could float in water _.
Its more than 30 _ as far from the earth is.

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The moon is the _ largest satellite in the solar system.
The belt is estimated to contain between 1.1 and 1.9 million_.
Uranus is the _ plant from the sun.
Jupiter has 80_.

Chapter 28 + 29 Crossword Addison Kiefer 2022-05-18

Chapter 28 + 29 Crossword Addison Kiefer crossword puzzle

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how many inner planets
volcanically active and is a very harsh place.
third planet from the Sun
Sun centered solar system
thin atmosphere—95% carbon dioxide and 0.15% oxygen.
closest planet to sun

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Earth-centered solar system
nearest star to earth
is a Hypothetical form of energy that exerts a negative, repulsive pressure, behaving like the opposite of gravity.
the Sun and planets formed together from a cloud of gas and dust nebula

10 Clues: nearest star to earth • closest planet to sun • how many inner planets • third planet from the Sun • Sun centered solar system • Earth-centered solar system • volcanically active and is a very harsh place. • thin atmosphere—95% carbon dioxide and 0.15% oxygen. • the Sun and planets formed together from a cloud of gas and dust nebula • ...

our solar system 2024-02-22

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The second closest planet to the sun
An astronomical unit with a long tail.
The red planet
the galaxy of which the milky way is a part
the seventh farthest planet
The number of planets in the solar system

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the planet closest to the sun
A mass of rock that moves in space especially between jupiter and mars
The satellite of planet earth
The largest planet in the solar system

10 Clues: The red planet • the seventh farthest planet • the planet closest to the sun • The satellite of planet earth • The second closest planet to the sun • An astronomical unit with a long tail. • The largest planet in the solar system • The number of planets in the solar system • the galaxy of which the milky way is a part • ...

The Outer Solar System 2024-03-20

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discovered Uranus by chance
dusty pieces of gas and rock
the second largest planet in our solar system
Saturn's moon that is larger than Mercury
what kind of planets are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune

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the largest planet in our Solar System
planet discovered by chance
the largest storm on Jupiter
Jupiter's moon that has a salt-water ocean
a disk made of very small particles of rock and ice

10 Clues: planet discovered by chance • discovered Uranus by chance • the largest storm on Jupiter • dusty pieces of gas and rock • the largest planet in our Solar System • Saturn's moon that is larger than Mercury • Jupiter's moon that has a salt-water ocean • the second largest planet in our solar system • a disk made of very small particles of rock and ice • ...

SPACE CROSSWORD - GEOGRAPHY - Miss Andrea 2025-10-22

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Model with the Earth in the center
Said the sun is the center of the Universe
Planet with rings and many moons
Star at the center of the Solar System
Fundamental force of attraction between two bodies with mass

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Smallest planet in the solar system
Known as the red planet
A large body orbiting a star
Used a telescope to see the moons of Jupiter
The planet we live on

10 Clues: The planet we live on • Known as the red planet • A large body orbiting a star • Planet with rings and many moons • Model with the Earth in the center • Smallest planet in the solar system • Star at the center of the Solar System • Said the sun is the center of the Universe • Used a telescope to see the moons of Jupiter • ...

The Outer Planets and Their Moons 2026-02-24

The Outer Planets and Their Moons crossword puzzle

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planet that rotates on its side at a 98% tilt
largest moon of neptune
biggest moon of jupiter
outer planet with the strongest winds in the solar system
outer planet famous for its bright rings of ice and rock

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largest planet in the Solar System
saturn's largest moon
jupiter's moon known for extreme volcanic activity
four biggest moons of jupiter were discovered by this astronomer
saturn's moon with water-ice geysers

10 Clues: saturn's largest moon • largest moon of neptune • biggest moon of jupiter • largest planet in the Solar System • saturn's moon with water-ice geysers • planet that rotates on its side at a 98% tilt • jupiter's moon known for extreme volcanic activity • outer planet famous for its bright rings of ice and rock • outer planet with the strongest winds in the solar system • ...

Mars 2023-05-08

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NASA
carbon dioxide
Perseverance
Atmosphere
craters
iron
Spacecraft

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solar system
habitable
toxic

10 Clues: NASA • iron • toxic • craters • habitable • Atmosphere • Spacecraft • solar system • Perseverance • carbon dioxide

Bonus: Astronomy Vocab Review 2022-03-21

Bonus: Astronomy Vocab Review crossword puzzle

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vocab term that means "adding" light to the moon
massive ball of plasma that emits light throughout the universe
a planet that orbits around a star outside of our solar system
the layer of the sun that emits a reddish glow
the eclipse where the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon
the layer of the sun that is known as the outermost layer of the solar interior

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prominences that erupt quickly and only last several minutes to a few hours
the theory of the Moon formation where Earth collided with a unknown planet sized body
the dark spots on the surface of the Sun that are higher in temperature
the gas that composes the majority of the sun
the type of tide where the lowest part of the wave reaches the coast
the planet that doesn't meet the three requirements to be a major planet in our solar system
the planets that are made of gases and have a lower density
the shape of the moon's orbit
rocky asteroid that revolves around the sun but too small to be considered a planet

15 Clues: the shape of the moon's orbit • the gas that composes the majority of the sun • the layer of the sun that emits a reddish glow • vocab term that means "adding" light to the moon • the planets that are made of gases and have a lower density • the eclipse where the Earth is between the Sun and the Moon • a planet that orbits around a star outside of our solar system • ...

Project in Science 2018-08-24

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Is a natural science that studies of celestial objects.
States that our planets and moons were wandering around in space and were captured by the gravity of our sun, and the moon were captured by the planets.
Rocks that form from the magma that rises and cooled in the surface of earth.
Proposes that the universe could collapse to the state where it began and then initiate another big bang.
Sediments is transported from its place of origin by running water,wind, and glaciers.
It is a continental building process.
Second planet in the solar system.
Study of rocks, their classification and their history.
All processes that move, elevate, or build up portions of the earth’s crust came under to it.
It is the building blocks of the rocks.
Formed as a result of repeated flooding and evaporation.
According to it the sun and its planets supposedly condensed out of swirling eddies of cold, dark, interstellar clouds of gas and dust.
It is the hottest solid layer of the earth.
Rocks that form from the cooling and solidification of magma or lava.
The internal and external forces causing stresses and chemical action on earth materials and bringing about changes in the configuration of the surface of the earth.
Any rock that subjected to more intense pressure or heat and as a result underwent a complete change.
Processes depend on some applied forces.
Rocks that form when a magma cools within earth’s crust.
This model asserts that the general character of the universe is not changing over time.
It is the fourth planet in the solar system.
States that the universe began as an incredibly hot, dense point roughly 15 billion years ago.

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It is the one that protects us from solar winds.
Cause by the very hot material at the deepest part of the mantle rising, then cooling, sinking again and then heating, rising and repeating the cycle over and over.
Theorizes that our world is said to have collided with small planet, which threw off rocks that formed our moon.
It is not solid, it is not liquid but it moves very slowly.
Occurs when a rock came in contact with a heat source (usually a magma body).
Branch of astronomy involving the scientific study of the large scale properties of the universe as a whole.
Rocks that form from the compaction and cementation of sediments.
Processes derive their energy from atmosphere determined by the ultimate energy from the sun and also the gradients created by tectonic factors.
It is so hot that the metals in it are all in liquid state.
Caused by several biological activities like growth or movements of organisms.
Composed of clasts on little pieces of broken-up rock which are joined together as a result of compaction and cementation.
If it is present to a planet life is possible.
Rocks that formed from organic materials.
Occurs when a rock undergo increased temperatures and pressures.
Breaking down of rocks.
Geological processes that occur beneath the surface of the earth.
Says that our sun burst one day, and all our planets came from it.
The origin of our entire solar system suggests that our planets, moon, and the sun all spun off from a collision between stars.
It includes the weathering, mass movements, erosion, and transportation.
Movement of molten rock (magma) toward the earth’s surface.
Can be due to solution, carbonation, hydration, or oxidation/reduction.
It is the third planet in the solar system.
Clastic sediments are deposited when the velocity of the tranporting medium drops.
It is the center of our solar system.
Thickest layer of the earth.
It is the galaxy where our solar system is located.
Thinnest layer of the earth.
It is the planet next to the sun.
It is a mountain building process.

50 Clues: Breaking down of rocks. • Thickest layer of the earth. • Thinnest layer of the earth. • It is the planet next to the sun. • Second planet in the solar system. • It is a mountain building process. • It is a continental building process. • It is the center of our solar system. • It is the building blocks of the rocks. • Processes depend on some applied forces. • ...

Astronomy Key Terms 2015-04-22

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the totality of all matter, energy and space.
an object so dense that even light cannot escape from its surface because of the object's intense gravitational field.
the distance to a star when the star exhibits a parallax of one second of arc, where 1 second of arc is defined to be 1/3600 of 1°, this distance is equal to 3.26 light-years or 206 265 astronomical units.
..... planets, a new class of planets including Pluto, Ceres, Eris, Haumea, and Makemake.
imaginary lines encircling the Earth parallel to the plane of the equator.
Sun's outer solar atmosphere, can be seen as a halo extending beyond the solar disk, especially during solar eclipse
large and small chunks of matter that orbit the Sun (usually between Mars and Jupiter within "asteroid belt"), sometimes called minor planets.
the blocking of light of one celestial body by another.
prominent groups of stars appearing as patterns in each section of the night sky.
........ coordinate system, a two-dimensional coordinate system in which two number lines (x,y) are drawn perpendicular to each other and the origin is assigned at the point of intersection, a third dimension may be taken in the z direction, perpendicular to x and y.
the apparent sphere of the sky on which all the stars seems to appear.
a relatively small object that is composed of dust and ice and that revolves about the Sun in a highly elliptical orbit.
layer of the Sun surface above the photosphere.
the movement of one object around another.
an imaginary line on the Earth's surface equidistant from the North Pole and South Pole, dividing the Earth into the Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere.

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unit of length used informally to express astronomical distances; it is approximately 10 trillion km (6 trillion miles); it is distance that light travels in vacuum in one Julian year; 1 light-year = 9.461 trillion km = 5.878 trillion miles = 63 241 au
an exploding star.
theory of the beginning of the universe that states that the known universe was smaller, hotter and denser in the past, and that it began rapidly expanding 13.7 billion years ago.
a doughnut-shaped ring of space around the Sun beyond the orbit of Neptune and that extends to well beyond the orbit of Pluto and Eris, containing many short-period comets.
the fraction of incident sunlight reflected by a celestial object.
an extremely large collection of stars bound together by mutual gravitational attraction, have a spiral, elliptical or irregular structures.
..... planets, the four outer planets of the solar system - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, all have charcteristics resembling those of Jupiter, having gaseous outer layers.
..... planets, the four inner planets of the solar system - Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars, all are similar to the Earth in general chemical and physical properties.
the average distance between the Earth and the Sun, which is 1.5 x 108 km (93 million miles).
model, the old false theory of the solar system, which placed the Earth as its center.
angular measurement, in degrees, east or west of the reference meridian, known as the Greenwich (prime) meridian for a point on the surface of the Earth.
angular measurement in degrees north or south of the equator for a point on the surface of the Earth.
model, the model of the solar system that places the Sun as its center.
a large mass that forms by contraction out of the gas of a giant molecular cloud in the interstellar medium, an early stage in the process of star formation.
the bright, visible "surface" of the Sun.
imaginary lines drawn along the surface of the Earth running from the geographic North Pole to the geographic South Pole perpendicular to equator.
the turning (spinning) of an object about an internal axis.
small, interplanetary metallic and stony objects in space before they encounter the Earth.

33 Clues: an exploding star. • the bright, visible "surface" of the Sun. • the movement of one object around another. • the totality of all matter, energy and space. • layer of the Sun surface above the photosphere. • the blocking of light of one celestial body by another. • the turning (spinning) of an object about an internal axis. • ...

Earth Science 2019-07-23

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Leptons and Antileptons were born.
Is the way the mineral's color displays in finely powdered form.
Is a theory described which involves the capture of material from a light diffuse star which passed close to the Sun.
Is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our Solar
Is the building blocks of rocks
Is an epoch where the stars where formed.
Is the theory where two stars collide.
A criteria that a mineral must have its Specific ________ Composition.
Is the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System.
Unification Is the epoch where the force of gravity separates from the other fundamental forces.
Rocks where formed when magma reaches the Earth's surface a volcano and cools quickly.
The theory where the universe came from a singularity.
In this epoch the atoms were formed.
Is the way of identifying a mineral by being scratched by another mineral.
A criteria that a mineral must be ________ Occurring.
A criteria that a mineral must be in a solid state.
Is an epoch where the galaxies were formed.
A theory of the universe where there is a collision of planets.
Rocks that are formed from the solidification of molten rock material.
Rocks are formed when sediment is deposited out of air, ice, wind, gravity, or water flows carrying the particles in suspension.
In this era there was a dominance of radiation.
A criteria that a mineral is not made by an organism.
Is a type of metamorphism where rock minerals and texture are changed, mainly by heat, due to contact with magma.
Is the most observable way to identify a mineral but not reliable.
A criteria that a mineral's subtance must be arranged in an _______ Structure.

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Creation of protons and neutrons
The temperature of the universe cooled down.
Is the epoch where no matter exist.
Is the second planet from the Sun.
Is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System.
Is the seventh planet from the Sun. It has the third-largest planetary radius and fourth-largest planetary mass in the Solar System.
Is the eighth and farthest known planet from the Sun in the Solar System.
Is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
Refers to the break along curved surfaces without a definite shape.
Is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life.
Is the theory where the universe were born from clouds of interstellar gas and dust.
Is the theory where gas clouds were captured by our sun, which then mysteriously formed themselves at a distance into planets and moons.
Is an era that has 3 stages.
Epoch where the 1st element was born.
Is a type of metamorphism where rock minerals were formed due to the collision of the tectonic plates.
Is the star at the center of the Solar System.
Is the epoch where the universe undergoes an extremely rapid exponential expansion.
Refers to how some minerals break predictably along flat planes when exposed to stress, such as being hit with a hammer.
Rocks formed when magma cools slowly below the Earth's surface.
The study of the origin and development of the universe.
Is the epoch where the Electromagnetic and Weak nuclear force seperated.
Rocks arise from the transformation of existing rock types, in a process called metamorphism.
A theory that is based in the Bible.
Is the theory for the ultimate fate of the universe.
Is the way light interacts with the surface of a crystal, rock, or mineral.
the branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.

51 Clues: Is an era that has 3 stages. • Is the building blocks of rocks • Creation of protons and neutrons • Is the second planet from the Sun. • Leptons and Antileptons were born. • Is the epoch where no matter exist. • In this epoch the atoms were formed. • A theory that is based in the Bible. • Epoch where the 1st element was born. • Is the theory where two stars collide. • ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2021-02-08

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The largest _____ in our Solar system. It is
It takes one _____ for the Earth to travel around the Sun.
It is called the red planet.
Ceris, Pluto and Eris are considered _____ because of their size.
All the heat, light and energy comes from the _____.

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_____ last for years in Neptune!
They are made from ice and dust.
A planet which has 27 moons and 11 rings around it.
It has a big ring around it.
The smallest and closest planet to the Sun.

10 Clues: It has a big ring around it. • It is called the red planet. • _____ last for years in Neptune! • They are made from ice and dust. • The smallest and closest planet to the Sun. • The largest _____ in our Solar system. It is • A planet which has 27 moons and 11 rings around it. • All the heat, light and energy comes from the _____. • ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2021-02-08

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The largest _____ in our Solar system.
It takes one _____ for the Earth to travel around the Sun.
It is called the red planet.
Ceris, Pluto and Eris are considered _____ because of their size.
All the heat, light and energy comes from the _____.

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_____ last for years in Neptune!
They are made from ice and dust.
A planet which has 27 moons and 11 rings around it.
It has a big ring around it.
The smallest and closest planet to the Sun.

10 Clues: It has a big ring around it. • It is called the red planet. • _____ last for years in Neptune! • They are made from ice and dust. • The largest _____ in our Solar system. • The smallest and closest planet to the Sun. • A planet which has 27 moons and 11 rings around it. • All the heat, light and energy comes from the _____. • ...

Solar System Activity 2020-12-08

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oval shape
space rocks
change in society and the social structure
small rocky or metallic body in outer space the expanse that exists beyond Earth
celestial body that -orbits the sun

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sun as the center
rocky objects that orbit the Sun
shadow
snowballs of frozen gases
orbits or circles around a bigger object

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Our Solar System 2020-09-23

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this star gives life to all living beings
the planet that has the red giant spot on its southern part
the hottest planet in the solar system
this dwarf planet is found in the asteroid belt
it is the closest planet to the sun

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this is the coldest planet planet in our solar system
this planet has rings on it side
the planet that revolves in all directions
this planet has 70% water on its surface
this planet is also called the red planet

10 Clues: this planet has rings on it side • it is the closest planet to the sun • the hottest planet in the solar system • this planet has 70% water on its surface • this star gives life to all living beings • this planet is also called the red planet • the planet that revolves in all directions • this dwarf planet is found in the asteroid belt • ...

Solar System Vocab 2020-10-23

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A large cloud of dust and gas in space
system sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
an imaginary line about which Earth rotates.
A large body in space that orbits a star and does not produce light of its own
Way
a ball of mostly ice that moves around in outer space "dirty snowballs"

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a huge ball of hot gas that shines
a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space
A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
an object that revolves around a planet

10 Clues: Way • a huge ball of hot gas that shines • A large cloud of dust and gas in space • an object that revolves around a planet • an imaginary line about which Earth rotates. • A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity • a mass of stone or metal that has reached the earth from outer space • ...

Solar System Vocab 2021-10-21

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what the moon does to the earth
something made of ice and dust
something that is in orbit around the earth the moon or another planet
a small rock orbiting the sun
planet pluto is a

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of or pertaining to an ellipse
the darker part of the shadow
copernicus believed this the solar system is
something that will become a meteor
a small body of matter in outer space

10 Clues: planet pluto is a • the darker part of the shadow • a small rock orbiting the sun • of or pertaining to an ellipse • something made of ice and dust • what the moon does to the earth • something that will become a meteor • a small body of matter in outer space • copernicus believed this the solar system is • ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2021-11-28

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PLANET WITH A RING
THE BIGGEST PLANET
WHAT LITTLE BRIGHT THING WE SEE AT NIGHT
WHAT DOES THE EARTH DO AROUND THE SUN
WHAT GIVES US LIGHT

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WE LIVE IN THE ....
WHAT HAS DIFFRENT PHASES
THE FURTHEST PLANET FROM THE SUN
CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN
WHAT DOES THE EARTH DO IN ITS OWN ACCESS

10 Clues: PLANET WITH A RING • THE BIGGEST PLANET • WE LIVE IN THE .... • WHAT GIVES US LIGHT • WHAT HAS DIFFRENT PHASES • CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN • THE FURTHEST PLANET FROM THE SUN • WHAT DOES THE EARTH DO AROUND THE SUN • WHAT DOES THE EARTH DO IN ITS OWN ACCESS • WHAT LITTLE BRIGHT THING WE SEE AT NIGHT

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The 3rd planet
The 2nd planet
The 5th planet
The 7th planet
The 1st planet

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The 8th planet
A galaxy that we live in
The 6th planet
The star in the center of the solar system
The 4th planet

10 Clues: The 8th planet • The 3rd planet • The 2nd planet • The 6th planet • The 5th planet • The 7th planet • The 4th planet • The 1st planet • A galaxy that we live in • The star in the center of the solar system

Our Solar System 2021-08-09

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A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
The orbital region around a star in which an Earth-like planet can possess liquid water on its surface and possibly support life.
A region in the solar system roughly located between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars that contains millions of irregularly shaped pieces of rock (called asteroids) as well as ice and dust.
A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity.

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A gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it.
All of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
An attractive force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
A large region in the solar system past Neptune where Pluto and other dwarf planets orbit the Sun along with rocks, dust, and ice.
A three-dimensional representation of an object or system that maintains accurate relationships between the components of the model such as size and distance.
An astronomical body that orbits a star, is big enough to have enough gravity to force a spherical shape, and is big enough that its gravity has cleared away any objects of a similar size near its orbit.

10 Clues: A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one. • A gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it. • An attractive force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center. • ...

Solar System Crossword 2021-08-09

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One day here is longer than one day on Earth.
is no longer considered a planet since 2006.
has two moons and is the last of the terrestrial planets along with Mercury, Venus, and Earth.
The center of our solar system
The Great Red Spot visible there is a storm that has been going on for at least 350 years. It is massive enough to fit three Earth-sized planets in it.
has the lowest temperature of all the planets, with a minimum atmospheric temperature of -224°C.

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One year here is equal to 165 years on Earth.
This is the first planet closest to the Sun and the smallest in our solar system.
orbit around the Sun is every 29.4 Earth years
Was once believed to be the center of the universe until it was debunked by Galileo Galilei.

10 Clues: The center of our solar system • is no longer considered a planet since 2006. • One day here is longer than one day on Earth. • One year here is equal to 165 years on Earth. • orbit around the Sun is every 29.4 Earth years • This is the first planet closest to the Sun and the smallest in our solar system. • ...

Solar System Vocabulary 2018-01-21

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an object that moves around a star
collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies like asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
a system of many, many stars and planets, gas, and dust, held together by gravity
a natural body orbiting the earth or another planet
when one object, or body, comes between two other bodies, blocking out the light between them

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the force that attracts objects toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body
the distance light travels in one year
a fixed, bright object in the sky that is a large, remote body
the name of our galaxy, where our solar system is located
the circular path of an object around a start, planet, or moon

10 Clues: an object that moves around a star • the distance light travels in one year • a natural body orbiting the earth or another planet • the name of our galaxy, where our solar system is located • a fixed, bright object in the sky that is a large, remote body • the circular path of an object around a start, planet, or moon • ...

Our Solar System 2016-10-26

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Millions these of travel through Earth’s atmosphere each day
Which planet is cold, dark, windy and very stormy?
How many minutes does it take for light from the Sun to reach planet Earth
Which planet lies on its side?
What is the Milky Way?

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This planet has deserts and ice
What kind of planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars?
This planet has mountains and volcanoes
Name a dwarf planet
What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune made up of?

10 Clues: Name a dwarf planet • What is the Milky Way? • Which planet lies on its side? • This planet has deserts and ice • This planet has mountains and volcanoes • Which planet is cold, dark, windy and very stormy? • What kind of planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars? • What are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune made up of? • ...

SOLAR SYSTEM CROSSWORD 2016-10-18

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TWINKLE IN THE SKY AT NIGHT
SPHERE GLOWING IN THE SKY AT NIGHT
IS NOW CONSIDERED A DWARF PLANET INSTEAD OF MAIN PLANET
WHAT THE OUTER PLANETS ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF
WHERE WE LIVE

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WHAT THE INNER PLANETS ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF
CAN REACH UP TO 15 MILLION DEGREES CELSIUS
THE ROTATION OF ONE FULL CIRCLE AROUND THE SUN
EIGHT OF THEM ORBIT AROUND THE SUN
OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE

10 Clues: WHERE WE LIVE • TWINKLE IN THE SKY AT NIGHT • OUTSIDE OF THE EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE • SPHERE GLOWING IN THE SKY AT NIGHT • EIGHT OF THEM ORBIT AROUND THE SUN • CAN REACH UP TO 15 MILLION DEGREES CELSIUS • WHAT THE INNER PLANETS ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF • WHAT THE OUTER PLANETS ARE MOSTLY MADE UP OF • THE ROTATION OF ONE FULL CIRCLE AROUND THE SUN • ...

The Solar System 2019-03-02

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The movement of the earth about its axis.
the vast open space which includes ‎everything that exists as matter or energy.
the name of our galaxy
the heavenly bodies which move around the ‎sun.
the movement of the planets around the sun.
the sun is a huge ball of burning _________.

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a group of stars which forms a recognizable ‎pattern in the sky.
the only natural _____________ of earth is ‎moon.
a constellation
the head of the solar system.

10 Clues: a constellation • the name of our galaxy • the head of the solar system. • The movement of the earth about its axis. • the movement of the planets around the sun. • the sun is a huge ball of burning _________. • the heavenly bodies which move around the ‎sun. • the only natural _____________ of earth is ‎moon. • ...

The Solar System 2019-09-03

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The name of our galaxy.
System of stars, stellar remnants, gas, dust, and dark matter.
Classification of the planets can be divided into _______ _______ and ice giants.
Luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity with an hydrogen core.
Planet with the most known moons (79 confirmed), including Europa.

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Most accepted theory about the origin of the universe, developed by George Lamaître.
Known as the red planet, it's the fourth one from the sun.
Region with such a gravitational pull that nothing can get out of it.
Planet with a prominent ring system composed mostly of ice particles.
It's considered to be Earth's twin because their composition is too similar.

10 Clues: The name of our galaxy. • Known as the red planet, it's the fourth one from the sun. • System of stars, stellar remnants, gas, dust, and dark matter. • Planet with the most known moons (79 confirmed), including Europa. • Region with such a gravitational pull that nothing can get out of it. • Planet with a prominent ring system composed mostly of ice particles. • ...

The Solar System 2013-03-02

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star about to explode.
sequence of stars in the sky.
star.
brightest star in the Orion constellation and the 6th brightest star in the sky.

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biggest moon.
king planet.
home planet.
bringer of old age
big rock in space made out of ice and dust.
Roman name for our moon.

10 Clues: star. • king planet. • home planet. • biggest moon. • bringer of old age • star about to explode. • Roman name for our moon. • sequence of stars in the sky. • big rock in space made out of ice and dust. • brightest star in the Orion constellation and the 6th brightest star in the sky.

Solar System Crossword 2015-04-30

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Ringed Planet
sun-centred model
Red Planet
Colour of the hottest stars
A dwarf planet

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Type of eclipse when the moon passes into Earth's shadow
The largest planet
Piece of solid rock or debris that travels in outer space
What is the third planet from the sun?
planet that's day is longer than its year

10 Clues: Red Planet • Ringed Planet • A dwarf planet • sun-centred model • The largest planet • Colour of the hottest stars • What is the third planet from the sun? • planet that's day is longer than its year • Type of eclipse when the moon passes into Earth's shadow • Piece of solid rock or debris that travels in outer space

Solar System Crossword 2015-05-25

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I am the largetest planet in the solar system, and I spin very quickly on my axis.
I am made up of 8 planets that orbit the sun, I am also made up of asteroids, moons, comets, and lots more.
I am the second largest planet in the solar system, I am also a gas giant.

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I am named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty, I am the closet plant to Earth.
I am a galaxy that lies in the universe, there is also a chocolate bar named after me.
I am blue-green in colour because of my centre is frozen mass of ammonia and methane, my atmosphere contains hydrodren and helium.
I am the smallest planet, although I am classified as a dwarf planet now.
I am the closest planet to the sun.
You can see us in the sky at night time, there is a song about us "twinkle, twinkle little ....".
I am often called The Red Planet because of my red tint, I am in alot of ways simliar to the planet earth.

10 Clues: I am the closest planet to the sun. • I am the smallest planet, although I am classified as a dwarf planet now. • I am the second largest planet in the solar system, I am also a gas giant. • I am the largetest planet in the solar system, and I spin very quickly on my axis. • I am named after the Roman Goddess of love and beauty, I am the closet plant to Earth. • ...

The Solar System 2015-10-01

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The red planet
Biggest planet in Solar System
All of our energy comes from here
Lots of rocks orbiting the Sun here!
The blue planet

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Blue/green planet
Nearest planet to the Sun
Furthest planet away from the Sun
Hottest planet with thick clouds of carbon dioxide
The planet with rings of ice and rocks

10 Clues: The red planet • The blue planet • Blue/green planet • Nearest planet to the Sun • Biggest planet in Solar System • All of our energy comes from here • Furthest planet away from the Sun • Lots of rocks orbiting the Sun here! • The planet with rings of ice and rocks • Hottest planet with thick clouds of carbon dioxide

Solar System Crossword 2015-05-28

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The Hottest Planet
First planet discovered using a telescope
Earth's natural satellite
Largest planet
Closest planet to the sun

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Known for its "rings"
Furthest from the sun
The center of our solar system
Majority of it is covered in water
Known as the red planet

10 Clues: Largest planet • The Hottest Planet • Known for its "rings" • Furthest from the sun • Known as the red planet • Earth's natural satellite • Closest planet to the sun • The center of our solar system • Majority of it is covered in water • First planet discovered using a telescope

The Solar System 2014-05-13

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Seasons on this planet last for 20 years
This planet would float if you put it in water
This planet has the biggest ocean
Makes up 99% of the solar system

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Hottest planet in the solar system
No longer coinsidered a real planet, but a dwarf planet
Home of the biggest volcanic mountain (Olympus Mons)
First scientist to look at the night sky through a telescope
One day on this planet is equal to 58 Earth days
The brightest star

10 Clues: The brightest star • Makes up 99% of the solar system • This planet has the biggest ocean • Hottest planet in the solar system • Seasons on this planet last for 20 years • This planet would float if you put it in water • One day on this planet is equal to 58 Earth days • Home of the biggest volcanic mountain (Olympus Mons) • ...

Solar System Crossword 2016-10-15

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Closest planet to our Sun
A large rock in outer space
There are _____ planets in our Solar System
A dwarf planet.
A large group of gases, stars and dust held together by gravity

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Furthest planet from the Sun
The way Our planets move around the sun
Someone who travels to space
Saturn has _____ around it
The closest star to Earth

10 Clues: A dwarf planet. • Closest planet to our Sun • The closest star to Earth • Saturn has _____ around it • A large rock in outer space • Furthest planet from the Sun • Someone who travels to space • The way Our planets move around the sun • There are _____ planets in our Solar System • A large group of gases, stars and dust held together by gravity

Solar System Bodies 2023-10-17

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third planet from the sun
composed of ice, rock and gas
planets orbiting sun
smaller than a planet but has its own gravity
size ranges from grain of sand to 1000km
orbitingc companions

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what we use to measure in space
planets orbiting earth
patterns of stars
pieces of rock floating through space

Solar System Crossword 2024-02-02

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snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust
System Made of planets
Newton English Mathematician and physicist
mercury, Venus, earth, etc
The Sun

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Made of matter
A force that pulls two objects together
of Universal Gravity States that every particle attracts every other particle in the universe
Planet Opposite of a planet
a giant cloud of dust and gas

10 Clues: The Sun • Made of matter • System Made of planets • mercury, Venus, earth, etc • Planet Opposite of a planet • a giant cloud of dust and gas • A force that pulls two objects together • snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust • Newton English Mathematician and physicist • ...

The Solar System 2023-03-09

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first planet
ninth planet
earths planet
third planet
fifth planet

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second planet
eighth planet
sixth planet
fourth planet
seventh planet

10 Clues: first planet • ninth planet • sixth planet • third planet • fifth planet • second planet • eighth planet • earths planet • fourth planet • seventh planet

Solar system crossword 2024-03-22

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The time it takes for a planet to rotate on its axis
Chunks of rock or dust smaller than asteroids
When Earth spins on its axis its called
A large gaseous body that is much larger that anything else in the solar system

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The planet we are next to
A celestial body in orbit
When the Earth orbits around the sun once it is called
Loose balls of ice and rock
The time it takes for a planet to orbit once around the sun
Smaller than a planet and rocky

10 Clues: The planet we are next to • A celestial body in orbit • Loose balls of ice and rock • Smaller than a planet and rocky • When Earth spins on its axis its called • Chunks of rock or dust smaller than asteroids • The time it takes for a planet to rotate on its axis • When the Earth orbits around the sun once it is called • ...

Space & Solar System 2024-04-17

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_____ is located in the kuiper belt
_____ is the hottest planet.
_____ is farthest from the sun
_____ is closest to the sun.

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_____ is the 7th planet.
_____ has a huge storm that is 1.3 times bigger than Earth
The _____ keeps everything in orbit.
_____ is known for its rings.
_____ has humans on it.
_____ is AKA the red planet.

10 Clues: _____ has humans on it. • _____ is the 7th planet. • _____ is the hottest planet. • _____ is closest to the sun. • _____ is AKA the red planet. • _____ is known for its rings. • _____ is farthest from the sun • _____ is located in the kuiper belt • The _____ keeps everything in orbit. • _____ has a huge storm that is 1.3 times bigger than Earth

The Solar System 2024-04-25

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A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity.
A large region in the solar system past Neptune where Pluto and other dwarf planets orbit the Sun along with rocks, dust, and ice.
A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
A gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it.
An astronomical body that orbits a star, is big enough to have enough gravity to force a spherical shape, and is big enough that its gravity has cleared away any objects of a similar size near its orbit.
The orbital region around a star in which an Earth-like planet can possess liquid water on its surface and possibly support life.

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An attractive force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
A three-dimensional representation of an object or system that maintains accurate relationships between the components of the model such as size and distance.
All of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
A region in the solar system roughly located between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars that contains millions of irregularly shaped pieces of rock (called asteroids) as well as ice and dust.

Our Solar System 2024-05-30

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An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and is large enough to dominate or impact those within its orbit.
A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice, rock and dust; when near the sun, a "tail" of gas and dust particles form pointing away from the sun.
A natural phenomenon by which all things with mass or energy, including planets, stars, galaxies and even light, are attracted to (or gravitate toward) one another.
The remnants of a comet, asteroid or planet that has broken free and is floating around at extremely high speeds in space.
A huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravitational attraction.

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A large cloud of dust and gas in space from which solar systems are formed.
A unit of measurement used to describe distances between celestial objects, equal to 3.26 light years.
A dark area of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than surrounding gases.
Any of numerous small solid celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the Sun.
The distance that light travels in one year; about 9.5 trillion km or 5.8 trillion miles.

10 Clues: A large cloud of dust and gas in space from which solar systems are formed. • A dark area of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than surrounding gases. • The distance that light travels in one year; about 9.5 trillion km or 5.8 trillion miles. • Any of numerous small solid celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the Sun. • ...

The Solar System 2024-06-30

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The planet we're on.
The planet closest to the Sun.
has rings.
Shining brightly during the day.

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The eighth of eight.
the second closest planet to the Sun.
The largest planet in our solar system.
Red planet beyond Earth.
It shines at night call lunar.
is the seventh planet from the Sun.

10 Clues: has rings. • The eighth of eight. • The planet we're on. • Red planet beyond Earth. • The planet closest to the Sun. • It shines at night call lunar. • Shining brightly during the day. • is the seventh planet from the Sun. • the second closest planet to the Sun. • The largest planet in our solar system.

Our solar system 2024-05-15

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Biggest planet in our solar system a day for it is 10 hours and takes 12 earth years to make a rotation around the sun
is about 53% of our planet and has the biggest volcano known the Olympus Mon
30 times as far as earth is from the sun takes about 164 earth years to orbit the sun and has 5 rings
how are our stars correlated
Has rings takes 29 earth years to orbit around the sun

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We live on this planet and is made up of mostly water
A day on this planet is longer than a year for us
has no moons,takes 88 days to make full rotation, and is closest to the sun
Is a dwarf planet takes 153 hours for one day to pass
is nicknamed the ice giant and has 13 faint rings

10 Clues: how are our stars correlated • A day on this planet is longer than a year for us • is nicknamed the ice giant and has 13 faint rings • We live on this planet and is made up of mostly water • Is a dwarf planet takes 153 hours for one day to pass • Has rings takes 29 earth years to orbit around the sun • ...

Solar System Crossword 2023-02-01

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The orbital zone around a star in which an Earth-like planet can possess liquid water on its surface and possibly support life.
A three-dimensional type of model of an object or system that maintains accurate relationships between the components of the model such as size and distance.
A region or belt in the solar system roughly located between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and Mars that contains millions of irregularly shaped pieces of rock (called asteroids) as well as ice and dust.
A large region or belt in the solar system past Neptune where Pluto and other dwarf planets orbit the Sun along with rocks, dust, and ice.

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All of space and time and their contents, including planets, stars, galaxies, and all other forms of matter and energy.
A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity.
An astronomical body that orbits a star, is big enough to have enough gravity to force a spherical shape, and is big enough that its gravity has cleared away any objects of similar size near its orbit.
A gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it.
An attractive force between two masses by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.

10 Clues: A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one. • A gravitationally bound system consisting of a sun and the objects that orbit it. • A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity. • ...

Space & Solar System 2023-09-22

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A pretend version of something that scientists use when the real thing is too big, or too small, or too complicated to work with.
All the planets and other objects that orbit around a star.
A large round object in outer space that orbits a star.
A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern
To spin around a central point like the Earth around it's axis.

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Circling around another object llke the Earth around the sun.
The amount of space between 2 things
something that happens again and again in a way that can be predicted.
A set of events that repeats in the same order over and over again.
An imaginary line that goes through the middle of the Earth.

10 Clues: The amount of space between 2 things • A group of stars in the night sky that form a pattern • A large round object in outer space that orbits a star. • All the planets and other objects that orbit around a star. • An imaginary line that goes through the middle of the Earth. • Circling around another object llke the Earth around the sun. • ...

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