solar Crossword Puzzles

The Universe 2017-05-17

The Universe crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The planet known as the 'Red Planet'.
  2. The second largest planet in the solar system.
  3. A celestial body that resembles a small planets but lacks the necessary characteristics to be described as one.
  4. A minor planet in the inner solar system.
  5. A solid piece of debris from an object such as a comet or asteroid.
  6. The closest planet to the sun.
  7. The impact of two celestial bodies connecting, such as a meteorite hitting a planet.
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  1. The star at the center of the solar system.
  2. A planet comprised of mainly hydrogen and helium.
  3. The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun.
  4. A vehicle or machine designed for flying in outer space.
  5. The coldest planet in the solar system.
  6. Takes approximately 365 days to rotate around the sun.

13 Clues: The closest planet to the sun. • The planet known as the 'Red Planet'. • The coldest planet in the solar system. • A minor planet in the inner solar system. • The star at the center of the solar system. • The second largest planet in the solar system. • A planet comprised of mainly hydrogen and helium. • Takes approximately 365 days to rotate around the sun. • ...

Our Solar System 2014-10-21

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. A star that is the centre of our Solar System
  2. the red planet
  3. System A collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun
  4. A planet that has large rings around it
  5. When planets circle the sun
  6. Largest planet in the solar system
  7. Second planet that orbits the sun
  8. The planet in which we live
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  1. A huge ball of gas held together by gravity
  2. smallest and closet planet to the sun
  3. A natural satelite of the Earth
  4. A small rocky body orbiting the sun
  5. 8th planet from the sun
  6. smallest in the four 'giants', however larger than earth

14 Clues: the red planet • 8th planet from the sun • When planets circle the sun • The planet in which we live • A natural satelite of the Earth • Second planet that orbits the sun • Largest planet in the solar system • A small rocky body orbiting the sun • smallest and closet planet to the sun • A planet that has large rings around it • A huge ball of gas held together by gravity • ...

Unit 4 vocab part 3 2024-02-14

Unit 4 vocab part 3 crossword puzzle
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  1. A huge group of single stars
  2. An attractive force between two masses
  3. station A large artificial satellite
  4. Belt A region in the solar system roughly located between the orbits of the planets Jupiter and mars
  5. Streaks of light
  6. An object that revolves around another object
  7. loose collections of ice
  8. Belt A large region in the solar system past Neptune where pluto and other dwarf planets orbits the sun
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  1. system A gravitationally bound system
  2. Rocky objects
  3. Shuttle Spacecraft that can carry a crew to space
  4. All of space and time and their contents
  5. Probe A spacecraft that has various scientific instruments
  6. An astronomical body that orbits a star
  7. A place that is empty
  8. spinoff An item that has uses on Earth
  9. Space Telescope a space telescope

17 Clues: Rocky objects • Streaks of light • A place that is empty • loose collections of ice • A huge group of single stars • Space Telescope a space telescope • An attractive force between two masses • station A large artificial satellite • An astronomical body that orbits a star • system A gravitationally bound system • All of space and time and their contents • ...

Earth Moon Sun Vocabulary 2022-11-30

Earth Moon Sun Vocabulary crossword puzzle
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  1. a moon phase that more than a half moon.
  2. A moon phase that looks like a full circle.
  3. The sun, the planets, and other objects.
  4. A planet outside of our solar system.
  5. An object or diagram that helps us understand something.
  6. When the moon is completely dark.
  7. A moon phase that is less than a half moon.
  8. Something that happens over and over.
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  1. Line that divides light and dark on the moon.
  2. A moon outside of our solar system.
  3. the path the moon follows around Earth.
  4. The shape of the illuminated part of the moon.
  5. To shine a light on something.
  6. How it takes the Earth to obit the Sun.
  7. The star in the center of our solar system
  8. The rocky sphere that orbits the Earth.

16 Clues: To shine a light on something. • When the moon is completely dark. • A moon outside of our solar system. • A planet outside of our solar system. • Something that happens over and over. • the path the moon follows around Earth. • How it takes the Earth to obit the Sun. • The rocky sphere that orbits the Earth. • a moon phase that more than a half moon. • ...

Universe Trivia 2025-12-19

Universe Trivia crossword puzzle
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  1. – The star at the center of our solar system
  2. SYSTEM – The Sun and all objects that orbit it
  3. – The curved path followed by a planet or moon
  4. – An icy space object with a glowing tail
  5. – Everything that exists, including space, stars, and planets
  6. – The force that pulls objects toward each other
  7. – A large object that moves around a star
  8. – A tool used to observe distant objects in space
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  1. – A person trained to travel in space
  2. – A massive group of stars, dust, and gas
  3. – A huge ball of burning gas that gives off light
  4. WAY – The galaxy that contains our solar system
  5. – The planet we live on
  6. – The vast area beyond Earth where celestial objects are found
  7. – A rocky object that orbits the Sun
  8. – Earth’s natural satellite

16 Clues: – The planet we live on • – Earth’s natural satellite • – A rocky object that orbits the Sun • – A person trained to travel in space • – A massive group of stars, dust, and gas • – An icy space object with a glowing tail • – A large object that moves around a star • – The star at the center of our solar system • SYSTEM – The Sun and all objects that orbit it • ...

Eclipse Crossword 2024-02-23

Eclipse Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. If you are not in the path of totality, you can still experience a ____________ eclipse if the Moon does not completely block the Sun.
  2. The next solar eclipse that can be seen from Oklahoma will occur on _______ 8, 2024.
  3. Because looking at the Sun is always dangerous, during an eclipse we should be concerned about eye _____________.
  4. During a solar eclipse, the Earth is darkened by the Moon’s
  5. The Moon sometimes appears in this shape. The Sun also can appear in this shape when the Moon is blocking the view.
  6. The __________ is the darkest part of the Moon’s shadow during an eclipse
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  1. This is the curved path around a star, a planet, or even a moon.
  2. Eclipse _________________ have a special solar filter that blocks out harmful ultraviolet and infrared rays from the Sun.
  3. This term means related to the moon.
  4. This word means referring to the Sun.
  5. A solar eclipse can only occur during a new _______.
  6. The Sun is our closest __________.

12 Clues: The Sun is our closest __________. • This term means related to the moon. • This word means referring to the Sun. • A solar eclipse can only occur during a new _______. • During a solar eclipse, the Earth is darkened by the Moon’s • This is the curved path around a star, a planet, or even a moon. • ...

Solar Airplane Delayed 2015-07-26

Solar Airplane Delayed crossword puzzle
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  1. The story comes from ____________________.
  2. The ____________________ on the "Solar Impulse 2" are damaged.
  3. "Solar Impulse 2" will continue its ____________________ in April 2016.
  4. "Solar Impulse" is ____________________ around the world.
  5. The airplane ____________________ new batteries.
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  1. But now the airplane ____________________ leave.
  2. The story's heading is "Solar ____________________ Delayed."
  3. The airplane ____________________ in Hawaii.
  4. It was published on ____________________ 21, 2015.

9 Clues: The story comes from ____________________. • The airplane ____________________ in Hawaii. • But now the airplane ____________________ leave. • The airplane ____________________ new batteries. • It was published on ____________________ 21, 2015. • "Solar Impulse" is ____________________ around the world. • The story's heading is "Solar ____________________ Delayed." • ...

Our Solar System 2016-03-26

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Where we live
  2. This planet is made of mostly ice.
  3. This planet is really hot!
  4. The second planet in our Solar System
  5. This planet has rings.
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  1. Rhymes with Stars
  2. This planet is the largest in our Solar System
  3. The eighth planet in our Solar System
  4. The biggest star in our Solar System

9 Clues: Where we live • Rhymes with Stars • This planet has rings. • This planet is really hot! • This planet is made of mostly ice. • The biggest star in our Solar System • The eighth planet in our Solar System • The second planet in our Solar System • This planet is the largest in our Solar System

SOLAR SYSTEM 2025-10-17

SOLAR SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Farthest planet to the Sun.
  2. 7th planet of the solar system
  3. Living planet, blue planet.
  4. Closest planet to the Sun
  5. Big ball of fire. It's the center of the solar system.
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  1. 2nd planet of the solar system
  2. Biggest planet in the solar system.
  3. It is the "Red planet".
  4. Planet with rings.

9 Clues: Planet with rings. • It is the "Red planet". • Closest planet to the Sun • Farthest planet to the Sun. • Living planet, blue planet. • 2nd planet of the solar system • 7th planet of the solar system • Biggest planet in the solar system. • Big ball of fire. It's the center of the solar system.

The Solar System 2012-12-05

The Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. A word that best describes the texture of an asteroid
  2. A body from outer space that is able to pass through the Earth's atmosphere and strike at the ground
  3. The envelope of gases surrounding Earth or another planet
  4. The red planet
  5. A small part broken off of something
  6. Not even or balanced
  7. A straight line that goes directly through a circle of sorts
  8. When two or more objects crash into each-other
  9. The planet that is 'exactly right for humans'
  10. The giant star in which the planets orbit around
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  1. Was named a dwarf planet in 2006
  2. To move in a circular motion around something
  3. What an object is made out of
  4. The planet closest to the sun
  5. A celestial object made of ice and dust
  6. The largest gas giant
  7. A planet that is most famous for its bright rings
  8. One of the names for the three types of galaxies
  9. When this body from outer space enters Earth's atmosphere, it becomes ablaze
  10. Earth's sister planet
  11. The natural satellite of the Earth
  12. The largest asteroid ever found

22 Clues: The red planet • Not even or balanced • The largest gas giant • Earth's sister planet • What an object is made out of • The planet closest to the sun • The largest asteroid ever found • Was named a dwarf planet in 2006 • The natural satellite of the Earth • A small part broken off of something • A celestial object made of ice and dust • ...

Our Solar System 2013-02-04

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. the blue planet
  2. German astronomer that determined planets orbit in a ellipse, rather than a circle
  3. oval shape that is centered on two points
  4. _____________ 10 was the probe that collected most data of Mercury
  5. one of mars's moons
  6. (2wds) the apparent backward motion of a planet
  7. (2wds) the largest volcano on Mars
  8. belt in the region around Pluto where large object orbit
  9. Jupiter has more _________ than any other planet in the solar system
  10. force than pulls spinning objects inward
  11. Kepler's _______ Law states that planets orbit faster near the sun
  12. the earliest stage of a planet's development
  13. (2wds) another name for the outer planets
  14. the largest moon of Neptune
  15. largest planet in the solar system
  16. strong force that keeps the planets orbiting the sun
  17. on Jupiter the high, light-colored clouds that rise
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  1. type of planet classification of Pluto and Ceres
  2. the brightest planet in the sky
  3. the cliffs on Mercury
  4. another name for the inner planets--those closest to the sun
  5. Venus' atmosphere has a _____________ effect similar to Earth
  6. another name for sun-centered
  7. the red planet
  8. Polish scientist who suggested the sun was the center of the universe
  9. (2wds) average distance from the Earth to the sun
  10. on Jupiter the low, warm, dark-colored clouds that sink
  11. Saturn's most striking feature
  12. Jupiter has an unusual layer of liquid metallic ______________
  13. these caps cover the polar regions of MArs
  14. the planet closest to the sun
  15. the clouds on Venus are made of _______________ acid
  16. Italian scientist that used a telescope to observe the sky
  17. Saturn's moon that is larger than the planet Mercury

34 Clues: the red planet • the blue planet • one of mars's moons • the cliffs on Mercury • the largest moon of Neptune • another name for sun-centered • the planet closest to the sun • Saturn's most striking feature • the brightest planet in the sky • (2wds) the largest volcano on Mars • largest planet in the solar system • force than pulls spinning objects inward • ...

Our Solar System 2013-04-03

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The planets _______ the sun.
  2. The sun is a ________ sized star.
  3. It pulls everything towards the centre of the planet.
  4. Most of the planets were named after _________.
  5. The centre of our solar system.
  6. The second planet from the sun.
  7. Our galaxy is called the _________.
  8. It takes 1 day for the Earth to _________ on it's axis.
  9. The dwarf planet.
  10. The only planet where life has been found.
  11. Saturn is famous for it's ________ that surround it.
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  1. Mars is often called the _____ planet.
  2. The smallest planet.
  3. There is _____ gravity on the moon than on Earth.
  4. It orbits the Earth.
  5. The planet with the largest mass.
  6. It has 27 moons.
  7. The sixth planet from the sun.
  8. The sun is not a planet it is a _______.
  9. There are __________ planets in our solar system.

20 Clues: It has 27 moons. • The dwarf planet. • The smallest planet. • It orbits the Earth. • The planets _______ the sun. • The sixth planet from the sun. • The centre of our solar system. • The second planet from the sun. • The sun is a ________ sized star. • The planet with the largest mass. • Our galaxy is called the _________. • Mars is often called the _____ planet. • ...

The solar system 2013-04-18

The solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Way Our Galaxy. (The word "Galaxy" actually means milky way in Greek).
  2. An imaginary straight line on which an object rotates.
  3. radiation Weak microwave radiation coming from space in all directions. It is believed to be the remnant of the Big Bang.
  4. A small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun.
  5. A sensitive radiation detector.
  6. Region around an object where the influence of the object's magnetic field can be felt.
  7. The outermost part of the Earth's atmosphere.
  8. lights seen over the polar regions which are caused when energized particles from the Sun react with the Earth's magnetic field.
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  1. The hazy-looking patch surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
  2. star A star which is actually made up of two stars orbiting each other.
  3. Year The distance which a ray of light would travel in one year. This is about 6,000,000,000,000 (6 trillion) miles.
  4. The gaseous area surrounding a planet or other body.
  5. star which suddenly flares up to many times its original brightness before fading again.
  6. When our view of one object in the sky is blocked by either another object or the Earth's shadow.
  7. When the Moon is more than half full, but less than completely full.
  8. March 21st and September 22nd. Twice a year when the day and night are the same amount of time all around the world.
  9. A shooting star, observed when a particle of dust enters into the Earth's atmosphere.
  10. A rock, or Minor Planet orbiting the Sun.
  11. The path one object takes around another.
  12. A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.

20 Clues: A sensitive radiation detector. • A rock, or Minor Planet orbiting the Sun. • The path one object takes around another. • The outermost part of the Earth's atmosphere. • The gaseous area surrounding a planet or other body. • An imaginary straight line on which an object rotates. • A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity. • ...

The Solar System 2014-04-29

The Solar System crossword puzzle
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  1. The area where Pluto is located
  2. How many asteroids are discovered each month(2 words)
  3. What may cause asteroids to break up
  4. Asteroids that cross the Earths orbit(2 words)
  5. Direction a comet tail always points in relation to the Sun
  6. What would happen if Saturn were put in a giant bathtub
  7. Also known as falling or shooting stars
  8. What happens when Earth passes through a comet tail(2 words)
  9. Olympus Mons compared to Mt.Everest(3 words)
  10. Only planet known to have life
  11. The kind of pull that Neptune has on Uranus
  12. The type of acid in the clouds of Venus
  13. Where short-period comets come from(2 words)
  14. Closest planet to the Sun
  15. Planet named after the god of the sea
  16. How many times is the air pressure on Venus compared to the Earth
  17. Planet most likely to be visited first by humans
  18. Largest planet in the Solar System
  19. Planet most famous for its rings
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  1. Planet with the strongest winds
  2. What causes a meteor to vaporize
  3. Process that makes Venus so hot (2 words)
  4. Substance that gives Mars its red color
  5. The biggest moon in the Solar System
  6. A substance in the clouds of Jupiter
  7. Why Mercury has such long days(2 words)
  8. Where long-period comets come from(2 words)
  9. How many Earth days make up a year on Mercury(2 words)
  10. Rocks from space that hit the surface of the Earth
  11. Writer that has moons named after his characters
  12. Rocky bodies usually located between Mars and Jupiter
  13. Moon of Jupiter that may have liquid water
  14. What causes the gaps in Saturns rings
  15. Type of machines moving on the Martian surface right now
  16. Planet closest in size to the Earth
  17. A moon that orbits its planet opposite to how the planets goes
  18. Moon with an atmosphere much like an early Earth
  19. The unusual way that Uranus rotates
  20. The mass of Pluto compared to our Moon(2 words)
  21. Planet most joked about
  22. Gas that causes Uranus to look blue-green
  23. A moon of Pluto

42 Clues: A moon of Pluto • Planet most joked about • Closest planet to the Sun • Only planet known to have life • Planet with the strongest winds • The area where Pluto is located • What causes a meteor to vaporize • Planet most famous for its rings • Largest planet in the Solar System • Planet closest in size to the Earth • The unusual way that Uranus rotates • ...

Sun + Solar System 2014-02-04

Sun + Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
  2. A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid
  3. the process by which energy is produced in stars.
  4. The name often given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
  5. This zone is the outermost layer of the sun’s interior.
  6. A huge, reddish loop of gas that protrudes from the sun’s surface, linking parts of sunspot regions.
  7. The central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place.
  8. One of the small asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of the planets.
  9. A dark area of gas on the sun’s surface that is cooler than the surrounding gases.
  10. An eruption of gas from the sun’s surface that occurs when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect.
  11. An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.
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  1. A zone of very tightly packed gas in the sun’s interior where energy is transferred mainly in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
  2. Dark, flat areas on the moon’s surface formed from huge ancient lava flows.
  3. The effect of trapping heat near a planet’s surface by certain gases in the planet’s atmosphere.
  4. The middle layer of the sun’s atmosphere.
  5. A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers.
  6. A chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid.
  7. The inner layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off its visible light; the sun’s surface.
  8. The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it.
  9. Outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere, which looks like a white halo
  10. A stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun’s corona.

21 Clues: The middle layer of the sun’s atmosphere. • the process by which energy is produced in stars. • A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid • This zone is the outermost layer of the sun’s interior. • The central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place. • Outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere, which looks like a white halo • ...

The Solar System 2014-03-16

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. / the natural satellite
  2. / the sixth planet from the sun
  3. / the second planet from the sun
  4. / a region of space having a gravitational field so intense not even life can get out
  5. / a fixed luminous point in the sky
  6. / fifth planet from the sun
  7. / a fictional being from anther world
  8. / no longer considered a planet
  9. / a small body of matter from outer space
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  1. / this star sustains life on earth
  2. / the path taken by a planet or a moon
  3. / forth planet from the sun
  4. / the seventh planet from the sun
  5. / the planet closest to the sun
  6. / small rocky body orbiting he sun
  7. / make up our solar system
  8. / the physical universe beyond the earths atmosphere
  9. / the eight planet from the sun
  10. / a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust
  11. / the planet we live on

20 Clues: / the natural satellite • / the planet we live on • / make up our solar system • / forth planet from the sun • / fifth planet from the sun • / the planet closest to the sun • / the sixth planet from the sun • / the eight planet from the sun • / no longer considered a planet • / the second planet from the sun • / the seventh planet from the sun • / this star sustains life on earth • ...

SOLAR SYSTEM CROSSWORD 2014-10-26

SOLAR SYSTEM CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
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  1. THIS PLANET IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE EVENING STAR
  2. THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  3. RECENTLY NAMED A DWARF PLANET
  4. THE PATH FOLLOWED BY AN OBJECT IN SPACE AS IT GOES AROUND ANOTHER OBJECT
  5. ALL THE GASES THAT SURROUND THE STARS AND PLANETS
  6. THE SECOND LARGEST PLANET WITH MANY RINGS
  7. IRON IN THE SOIL GIVES THIS PLANET ITS RED COLOUR
  8. USE TO VIEW THE STARS AND PLANETS FROM EARTH
  9. PLANETS HAVE RINGS
  10. THE SMALLEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
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  1. WHEN THE MOON PASSES IN FRONT OF THE SUN
  2. NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA
  3. THE LARGEST OBJECT IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM
  4. CAN TRAVEL TO SPACE IN A ROCKET
  5. THE HUGE SPACE WHICH CONTAINS ALL OF THE MATTER AND ENERGY IN EXISTENCE
  6. TO TURN AROUND A CENTER POINT
  7. THIS PLANET TILTS OVER SO FAR ON ITS AXIS THAT IT ROTATES ON ITS SIDE
  8. A ROCKY SPACE OBJECT OF VARYING SIZE
  9. THIRD CLOSEST PLANET FROM THE SUN
  10. A BOWL-SHAPED DEPRESSION FORMED BY THE IMPACT OF A METEOROID

20 Clues: PLANETS HAVE RINGS • TO TURN AROUND A CENTER POINT • RECENTLY NAMED A DWARF PLANET • CAN TRAVEL TO SPACE IN A ROCKET • THIRD CLOSEST PLANET FROM THE SUN • NAMED AFTER THE ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA • A ROCKY SPACE OBJECT OF VARYING SIZE • THE LARGEST OBJECT IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM • THE LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • THE SMALLEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • ...

The Solar system 2015-01-12

The Solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A hot star in the middle of the solar system
  2. A planet that does not gravitional dominence in its orbit
  3. The planet with an axis that is so tilted it looks like its on its side
  4. The national aeronautics and space administration
  5. Name of the first man to walk on the moon
  6. The theory of how the galaxy was created
  7. A storm or eruption of hot gases on the sun
  8. The hottest planet
  9. The dark blue planet
  10. The name for the distance light can travel in one year
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  1. Scientist who discovered gravity
  2. The largest planet in the solar system
  3. The name of the largest planet with rings
  4. The name for a section of the apollo space craft designed to land on the moon
  5. The name of the orbit that most asteriods take
  6. The force that pulls you towards earth
  7. The planet where we live
  8. The closest planet to the sun
  9. The name for a large ball of dirty ice and snow in outer space
  10. The planet nicknamed "the red planet"

20 Clues: The hottest planet • The dark blue planet • The planet where we live • The closest planet to the sun • Scientist who discovered gravity • The planet nicknamed "the red planet" • The largest planet in the solar system • The force that pulls you towards earth • The theory of how the galaxy was created • The name of the largest planet with rings • ...

solar system crossword 2015-05-04

solar system crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. first animal/dog in space
  2. first astronaut in space
  3. named after the roman god of Thieves
  4. NASA's second human spaceflight program
  5. when they hit the surface of a planet or a moon it is considered a ...
  6. about the size of a pebble
  7. an animal that was sent into space on 9 March 1961
  8. last person to walk on the moon
  9. has 27 moons
  10. neptune’s biggest moon
  11. a minor space object that has entered the Earth's atmosphere
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  1. these planets haven’t ¨Cleared their neighborhood¨
  2. became the first American woman in space aboard the space shuttle
  3. the only planet with life
  4. has the big red spot
  5. coldest planet in the solar system
  6. the first mission to land a man on the moon
  7. larger than meteoroids
  8. a program to see if humans could function in space.
  9. Jupiter’s volcanic moon
  10. has over 30 rings
  11. the second person to walk on the Moon
  12. Jupiter's moon that is very close to Earth's moon
  13. a monkey who successfully was sent to space
  14. Earth’s sister planet
  15. the second smallest planet in our solar system
  16. It is the only moon in the entire solar system with a dense atmosphere

27 Clues: has 27 moons • has over 30 rings • has the big red spot • Earth’s sister planet • larger than meteoroids • neptune’s biggest moon • Jupiter’s volcanic moon • first astronaut in space • the only planet with life • first animal/dog in space • about the size of a pebble • last person to walk on the moon • coldest planet in the solar system • named after the roman god of Thieves • ...

Solar Crossword puzzle 2020-03-25

Solar Crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
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  1. parts Parts that are manufactured to a particular specification so that
  2. An aircraft control system in which the setting of control surfaces (e.g., the
  3. basin The region drained by a river or stream.
  4. A group of people authorized by law to act as a single
  5. Industry A manufacturing activity carried on in one’s
  6. buttress A structure that transfers the weight loads from roofs and upper stories
  7. ailerons, and so on) is controlled by electrical signals.
  8. waves Waves such as light or radio waves that
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  1. A device for measuring time.
  2. A man-made channel for carrying water.
  3. A machine that converts rotational energy such as that
  4. is sometimes referred to as a microchip.
  5. the ground in Gothic architecture.
  6. A large church building.
  7. line A system for assembling identical objects using a
  8. circuit An electronic circuit of transistors etched onto a small piece of silicon
  9. A tank for holding water or other liquid.
  10. CADD stands for computer-aided design and drafting
  11. A building where things are manufactured.
  12. A pit or tank in the ground for the storage of human waste
  13. one of a given part can be used in a machine or assembly.

21 Clues: A large church building. • A device for measuring time. • the ground in Gothic architecture. • A man-made channel for carrying water. • is sometimes referred to as a microchip. • A tank for holding water or other liquid. • A building where things are manufactured. • waves Waves such as light or radio waves that • basin The region drained by a river or stream. • ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2020-04-03

THE SOLAR SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The dominat gas in Venus' atmosphere
  2. It needs 687 days to revolve the Sun
  3. One of the Uranus' moons
  4. It has 13 moons
  5. The number of moons Jupiter has
  6. One of the gases that Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune have in their atmosphere
  7. One of the Mars' moons
  8. The temperature of this planet is -224 degrees Celcius
  9. The diameter of this planet is 4879.4 km
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  1. One of the gases that most planets have in their atmosphere
  2. One of the gases that Jupiter and Uranus have in their atmosphere
  3. The greatest percentage of gas in Earth's atmosphere
  4. One of the gases that most planets have in their
  5. It needs 10 hours 42 minutes to rotate about its axis
  6. The biggest planet in the Solar System
  7. The distance between this planet and the Sun is 107.48 km
  8. The planet that has the greatest percentage of oxygen in its atmosphere
  9. The number of moons Mercury and Venus have
  10. One of the gases that Venus and Jupiter have in their atmosphere
  11. One the gases Mercury has in its atmosphere

20 Clues: It has 13 moons • One of the Mars' moons • One of the Uranus' moons • The number of moons Jupiter has • The dominat gas in Venus' atmosphere • It needs 687 days to revolve the Sun • The biggest planet in the Solar System • The diameter of this planet is 4879.4 km • The number of moons Mercury and Venus have • One the gases Mercury has in its atmosphere • ...

The Solar System 2019-02-05

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The fourth planet from the sun a.k.a. the red planet
  2. Almost a full moon
  3. The first planet from the sun
  4. When we can’t see any of the moon
  5. The fifth planet from the sun, a gas giant
  6. The first visible half of the moon
  7. When earth gets in between the moon and sun
  8. The first small sliver of the moon
  9. When we can see all of the moon
  10. An elongated circle or oval shape, how the planets orbit the sun
  11. Declared as an official dwarf planet
  12. The seventh planet from the sun which is tilted and also has rings
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  1. When there is a little less of the moon
  2. The last quarter we see of the moon
  3. The star in the solar system that gives us light
  4. The second planet from the sun
  5. The last bit we see if the moon before it’s another new moon
  6. The gray sphere that goes through phases and revolves around earth
  7. The eighth and last planet form the sun
  8. The sixth planet that has a lot of rings
  9. When the moon gets in between earth and the sun
  10. The third planet from the sun where we live
  11. When the planets move around the sun

23 Clues: Almost a full moon • The first planet from the sun • The second planet from the sun • When we can see all of the moon • When we can’t see any of the moon • The first visible half of the moon • The first small sliver of the moon • The last quarter we see of the moon • Declared as an official dwarf planet • When the planets move around the sun • ...

Solar system assessment 2021-06-10

Solar system assessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. animal animal that hunts at night
  2. a device that requires skill for proper use
  3. an imaginary line about which a body rotates.
  4. the relationship that exists between the size, number, or amount of two things and that is often represented by two numbers
  5. (plural) any one of the very large groups of stars that make up the universe
  6. the act or process of moving or turning around a central point
  7. plural) the size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring
  8. everything that exists anywhere
  9. a transparent optical device used to converge or diverge transmitted light and to form images
  10. (plural) a group of stars that forms a particular shape in the sky and has been given a name
  11. of first rank or importance or value
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  1. a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants
  2. to change level, strength, or value frequently
  3. having to do with the natural force that causes things to fall towards the earth
  4. the science or occupation of farming
  5. a system that includes a star and all of the matter which orbits that star, including planets and their moons
  6. a situation in which there is much destruction or confusion
  7. to look at (something) in a careful way to learn more about it
  8. extraordinarily large in size or extent or amount or power or degree
  9. extend in scope or range area
  10. of or relating to or evolving
  11. a science that deals with the history of a planet as recorded in rocks
  12. ideas that are believed by many people but that are not true
  13. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
  14. something seen or learned for the first time
  15. a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send it back to Earth

26 Clues: extend in scope or range area • of or relating to or evolving • everything that exists anywhere • animal animal that hunts at night • the science or occupation of farming • of first rank or importance or value • a device that requires skill for proper use • something seen or learned for the first time • an imaginary line about which a body rotates. • ...

Astronomia: Sistema Solar 2021-03-19

Astronomia: Sistema Solar crossword puzzle
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  1. Fenômeno celeste que ocorre quando a lua fica alinhada entre a Terra e o sol, e a lua projeta uma sombra sobre a superfície da Terra.
  2. São corpos do nosso Sistema Solar compostos principalmente de gases, como hidrogênio e hélio, com um núcleo rochoso relativamente pequeno. Além disso são frequentemente chamados de planetas jovianos ou planetas externos.
  3. Estrutura presente em um braço espiral externo da Via Láctea que se formou há cerca de 4,5 bilhões de anos a partir de uma nuvem densa de gás interestelar e poeira. Consiste em nossa estrela, o Sol, e tudo que está ligado a ele pela força gravitacional.
  4. Enorme esfera de gás brilhante. É o corpo central do nosso sistema cuja sua gravidade mantém o sistema solar unido, mantendo tudo - desde os maiores planetas até as menores partículas de detritos - em sua órbita.
  5. Região de nosso sistema solar, entre as órbitas de Marte e Júpiter, na qual muitos corpos pequenos e de formato irregular (conhecidos como planetoides ou asteroides) orbitam nosso Sol.
  6. É o maior planeta do nosso sistema solar e é duas vezes mais massivo que todos os outros planetas juntos. Ajudou a revolucionar a maneira como víamos o universo e a nós mesmos em 1610, quando Galileu descobriu e observou quatro grandes luas o orbitando.
  7. Fenômeno astronômico que ocorre quando temos um perfeito alinhamento no sistema Sol-Terra-Lua e a sombra da Terra bloqueia a luz solar provocando um total ou parcial sombreamento do disco lunar.
  8. É o oitavo planeta e o mais distante do Sol uma vez que em 2006 Plutão reclassificado como planeta anão. Foi o primeiro planeta localizado por meio de cálculos matemáticos e possui uma tonalidade azul marinho devido a grande concentração de metano em sua atmosfera.
  9. Estrutura em formato espiral composta por centenas de bilhões de estrelas, nebulosas e sistemas planetários incluindo o nosso sistema solar. Seu nome vem dos antigos gregos, que a viam como um "caminho de leite" no céu.
  10. Estrutura mais distante do nosso Sistema Solar além dos confins do Cinturão de kuiper. Possui o formato de uma concha esférica e é composto por bilhões de corpos gelados como cometas de logo período.
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  1. É o menor e mais próximo planeta do Sol. A origem de seu nome vem do deus mensageiro da mitologia romana devido ao rápido movimento do planeta no céu em relação a outros completando um giro ao redor do Sol a cada 88 dias terrestres.
  2. Estrutura do espaço além da órbita de Netuno constituído por milhões de objetos remanescentes do início do Sistema Solar, entre eles cometas e planetas anões.
  3. Remanescentes rochosos que sobraram da formação inicial do nosso Sistema Solar e são comumente encontrados entre as órbitas de Marte e Júpiter. Além disso possuem órbitas elípticas ao redor do Sol, porém apresentam formas bastante irregulares.
  4. Corpos relativamente pequenos compostos por rocha, poeira e principalmente gases congelados e que tem relação direta com as chuvas de meteoros. Além disso, quando se aproximam do Sol passam a apresentam uma atmosfera difusa, denominada coma, e também uma cauda.
  5. É um dos corpos mais explorados em nosso sistema e o único com rovers desenvolvendo pesquisas e analisando dados em sua superfície. Seu nome foi uma homenagem dos romanos ao deus da guerra mas também é bastante frequente encontrarmos menções a ele como Planeta Vermelho. Além disso é o único planeta rochoso que possui dois satélites naturais, Fobos e Deimos.
  6. É o planeta mais quente do nosso Sistema Solar devido a sua espessa atmosfera, onde o calor é retido em seu interior causando um descontrolado efeito estufa. Além disso é o segundo objeto mais brilhante do céu noturno sendo por isso conhecido como a estrela da manhã (Estrela d'Alva).
  7. É um planeta gasoso e foi o primeiro a ser descoberto com a ajuda de um telescópio. Uma de suas principais características é que seu eixo de rotação é aproximadamente paralelo ao plano seu de órbita, fazendo com que ele praticamente role enquanto orbita o Sol.
  8. É o único satélite natural do nosso planeta, o mais brilhante objeto do nosso céu noturno e principal responsável pelos fenômenos das marés. Além da terra, este é o único corpo celeste que já foi visitado pelos seres humanos.
  9. É terceiro planeta mais próximo do Sol e o único do nosso Sistema Solar com extensas regiões de em estado líquido. Por conta disso possui vastas espécies de seres vivos, dos oceanos mais profundos às montanhas mais altas.
  10. Objeto astronômico formado a partir do colapso de uma nuvem de poeira e gás conhecida como nebulosa. Possui um formato esférico e iluminado cujo em seu interior ocorrem reações de fusão nuclear.
  11. É o astro do Sistema Solar que mais possui luas e o planeta mais distante que conseguimos observar a olho nu. Sua principal caraterística é um extraordinário sistema de anéis compostos principalmente por gelo, poeira e material rochoso.
  12. Era considerado o nono planeta do nosso Sistema Solar, entretanto em 2006 foi reclassificado pela União Astronômica Internacional (IAU) como planeta-anão. Atualmente é o maior corpo celeste presente no Cinturão de Kuiper.
  13. Fenômeno luminoso ocasionado quando um meteoroide entra na atmosfera terrestre com altíssima velocidade e por conta do atrito com o ar acabam entrando em combustão. Além disso, este fenômeno é conhecido popularmente por estrela cadente.
  14. São planetas semelhantes à Terra feitos de rochas ou metais com uma superfície dura. Além disso possuem um núcleo de metal pesado derretido, poucas luas e características topológicas como vales, vulcões e crateras.

24 Clues: Fenômeno celeste que ocorre quando a lua fica alinhada entre a Terra e o sol, e a lua projeta uma sombra sobre a superfície da Terra. • Estrutura do espaço além da órbita de Netuno constituído por milhões de objetos remanescentes do início do Sistema Solar, entre eles cometas e planetas anões. • ...

The Solar System 2023-09-18

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The solar system is located in the outer spiral arm of the ____________ galaxy.
  2. the four Outer Planet are the four farthest planets fom the sun and are also known as what?
  3. an ice giant whose atmosphere consists of hydrogen and helium, some methane, and small amounts of ammonia and water.
  4. the largest planet.
  5. the only planet able maintain sustainable life.
  6. Our ______________ consists of the sun, planets and their moons, and a variety of smaller celestial objects including asteroids, meteors, comets, and many more.
  7. More massive objects have ___________ gravitational pull than less massive ones.
  8. the hottest planet
  9. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
  10. the four Inner planets are the four closest planets to the sun and are also known as what?
  11. a ring of icy bodies located beyondvNeptune where Pluto was discovered.
  12. the only planet that has rings made up of billions of chunks of ice and rock — from tiny, dust-sized grains to a few particles as large as mountains.
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  1. the approximate distance between Earth and the sun. An AU is approximately 93 million miles (150 million km).
  2. the smallest planet in our solar system.
  3. a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars which is held together by gravity.
  4. the __________ two objects are from each other, the weaker is the force of gravity between them.
  5. a large celestial body that revolves around a star.
  6. a planet also spins on its own axis. This movement is known as ___________.
  7. the stream of charged particles released from the upper atmosphere of the sun.
  8. force of attraction between objects that have mass.
  9. a region in the solar system that is occupied by many irregularly shaped, solid bodies known as asteroids.
  10. also known as the Red Planet due to its bloody brick-red colored surface mainly because of the presence of iron oxide on rocks.
  11. Planets and moons are examples of natural ____________.
  12. an ice giant and the furthest planet from the sun?

24 Clues: the hottest planet • the largest planet. • the smallest planet in our solar system. • the only planet able maintain sustainable life. • an ice giant and the furthest planet from the sun? • a large celestial body that revolves around a star. • force of attraction between objects that have mass. • Planets and moons are examples of natural ____________. • ...

6th solar system 2024-05-06

6th solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The universe is expanding and likely will _____
  2. beyond Neptune’s orbit in our solar system
  3. the ___ _____ of most stars are around 73% Hydrogen, 25 % Helium, 2%other
  4. the sun has reactions called nuclear ____ that release heat and light
  5. this space ship was the ones to carry astronauts to the moon
  6. the inner layer of the sun
  7. he, in 1920 discovered that galaxies are moving away from Earth and each other
  8. spirit and ___ are the names of the 2 rovers sent to Mars in 2003
  9. Russian to first orbit Earth
  10. this is the motion of objects against background stars, it Helps determine distance
  11. what the first formation of planets were called as rock and dust were brought together with gravity
  12. the distance of stars is measured in ____ ____
  13. a large cloud of gas and dust containing an immense volume of material
  14. a craft that carries scientific instrumentation to gather info
  15. the outer white glowing area of the sun’s atmosphere
  16. the name of our galaxy
  17. the inner layer of the sun’s atmosphere
  18. how we measure distance in space
  19. spinning neutron stars
  20. flares gases/heat that erupt into space
  21. huge loops of gases
  22. this layer is the outer layer of the sun
  23. these are used to determine the types of elements in stars
  24. wind electrical particles coming off the sun
  25. name of the re-usable rocket built in the 80s by the US
  26. this zone is the middle layer of the sun
  27. when a star starts to run out of fuel it glows from leftover fuel, it is called this
  28. this may form from material leftover from a supernova- small but dense
  29. when large stars run out of fuel, within hours it blazes a million times brighter – this explosion is called this
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  1. these telescopes use mirrors to collect light
  2. waaaay beyond Neptune in our solar system, beyond the Kuiper belt
  3. the __ ___ ____ states that the universe formed in an instant in an enormous explosion
  4. 99.85% of the mass of our solar system is the ____
  5. scientists belive the universe came into being ___ billion years ago
  6. the densest part of the nebula- a contracting nebula pulling in to form this
  7. the hottest stars are this color
  8. These are made up of millions of stars
  9. these 2 probes 1 & 2 were sent in the 1970s to explore the outer planets
  10. the name of the joint space station launched in the 90s
  11. the ____ brightness of a star is the brightness it would have if it were a standard distance from Earth
  12. dog launched into space by the Russian in the 1950s
  13. the average distance from Earth to the sun is ___ AU
  14. our sun will last approximately 5 ____ more years
  15. ___ stars last longer than ___ ones
  16. this lunar module landed on mars with 3 US astronauts
  17. very large stars may only last 10 ____ years
  18. area between Mars and Jupiter
  19. Massive stars when they die can become this- after a supernova explosion
  20. he, in the 1600’s found the true distance from Earth to the sun and Earth to Venus
  21. these telescopes use many lenses
  22. ice, dust, rock moving around the sun in a large orbit that originates in the Oort cloud
  23. the first space station made in the 1970s
  24. areas on the sun that are cooler
  25. the middle layer of the sun’s atmosphere
  26. the ____ brightness of a star is how bright is seems from Earth
  27. a ___ planet is an object that orbits the sun but does not have its own clear path
  28. the ___ of this indicates temperature of the star

57 Clues: huge loops of gases • the name of our galaxy • spinning neutron stars • the inner layer of the sun • Russian to first orbit Earth • area between Mars and Jupiter • the hottest stars are this color • these telescopes use many lenses • areas on the sun that are cooler • how we measure distance in space • ___ stars last longer than ___ ones • These are made up of millions of stars • ...

The Solar System 2023-05-04

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Comets grow ___ from being heated up.
  2. How many times per day does Mar's largest moon orbits the planet?
  3. Venus has a thick and ___ atmosphere that would make it impossible to live on.
  4. The third brightest object in the sky viewed from earth.
  5. Uranus is named after the Greek god of what?
  6. The fifth largest planet in the Milky way.
  7. Is the largest moon to Mars.
  8. NASA sends ____ to Mars.
  9. This planet has seasons, volcanos, and polar ice caps.
  10. In history, meteors were known for great _____.
  11. Jupiter has no ___ so you would fall to the inside of the planet.
  12. This planet's moons are named after characters from Shakespeare's and Alexander Pope's works.
  13. Like the moon, Mercury has many ___ on its surface.
  14. One of the largest known dwarf planets in our solar system.
  15. This moon's orbit is opposite of its planet's.
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  1. If the Sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a ____.
  2. The total mass of all the ______ combined are less than that of our moon.
  3. Are most commonly known as shooting stars.
  4. Jupiter's moon has ___ all over the surface because of the volcanos.
  5. How old was the person who named the dwarf planet, Pluto?
  6. This planet has the fastest rotation.
  7. Pluto and it's moon, ____, orbit each other.
  8. Saturn is the namesake for what day of the week?
  9. Jupiter's moon that is slightly larger than Earth's moon and volcanic.
  10. These rocks in the sky are made of dust and ice.
  11. Has short days, but VERY long years.
  12. Neptune has the most ____ weather out of all the other planets.
  13. This dwarf planet can either be farther or closer to earth than Neptune.
  14. This planet has a thin atmosphere and does not have any moons.
  15. The atmosphere on the largest dwarf planet is so frozen, it collapses on the surface as what?
  16. Nine Earths can fit into this planet.
  17. Asteroids are rich in what material.

32 Clues: NASA sends ____ to Mars. • Is the largest moon to Mars. • Has short days, but VERY long years. • Asteroids are rich in what material. • Comets grow ___ from being heated up. • This planet has the fastest rotation. • Nine Earths can fit into this planet. • Are most commonly known as shooting stars. • The fifth largest planet in the Milky way. • ...

El Sistema Solar 2023-05-12

El Sistema Solar crossword puzzle
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  1. Cuenta con un precioso grupo de siete anillos separados por espacio entre ellos.
  2. es el planeta más pequeño de nuestro sistema solar.
  3. planeta desértico y frío.
  4. Es el último de los planetas de nuestro sistema solar.
  5. Es un planeta terrestre: es pequeño y rocoso. Su atmósfera es densa: atrapa el calor y por eso es tan caluroso.
  6. En astronomía, un satélite es un objeto que orbita (da vueltas) alrededor de un planeta.
  7. Parte más menuda y deshecha de la tierra muy seca, que con cualquier movimiento se levanta en el aire.
  8. es un planeta terrestre y rocoso.
  9. región de nuestro Sistema Solar ubicado entre las órbitas de Júpiter y de Marte
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  1. es un gigante hecho de gas, y no tiene una superficie sólida, pero puede tener un núcleo interno sólido de aproximadamente el tamaño de la Tierra.
  2. pequeños objetos rocosos que orbitan alrededor del Sol.
  3. cuerpos menores, desde una pocos metros hasta algunos kilómetros de diámetro, compuestos de hielo y silicatos.
  4. fase sólida del agua (H2O).
  5. esfera de gas en un estado de equilibrio entre la gravedad que tiende a comprimirla y la presión del gas, que tiende a que se expanda.
  6. Espacio dentro del cráneo que contiene el ojo, incluso sus nervios y músculos.
  7. gigante de hielo, en lugar de un gigante de gas.
  8. agregado de uno o más minerales sólidos, con propiedades físicas y químicas definidas, que se agrupan de forma natural.
  9. es la estrella más próxima a la Tierra y se encuentra a una distancia promedio de 150 millones de kilómetros. Es la principal fuente primaria de luz y calor para la Tierra.
  10. astro opaco, sin luz propia, que gira en torno a la tierra y la acompaña en su trayectoria alrededor del sol.
  11. es un tipo de transformación que toma cada punto de una figura y lo hace girar un cierto número de grados alrededor de un punto dado.

20 Clues: planeta desértico y frío. • fase sólida del agua (H2O). • es un planeta terrestre y rocoso. • gigante de hielo, en lugar de un gigante de gas. • es el planeta más pequeño de nuestro sistema solar. • Es el último de los planetas de nuestro sistema solar. • pequeños objetos rocosos que orbitan alrededor del Sol. • ...

Solar System Review 2021-04-23

Solar System Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. to spin on an axis
  2. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meteoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  3. to move around another object in a circular path
  4. Collection of asteroids and other debris located between Mars and Jupiter
  5. Closest planet to the Sun
  6. A region of the solar system that is just beyond the orbit of Neptune and that contains small bodies made mostly of ice
  7. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars
  8. a small, rocky body that travels through space
  9. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
  10. A model of the universe in which Earth is at the center of the revolving planets and stars.
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  1. the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it
  2. Second-largest planet in Solar System; large ring systemq
  3. Dwarf planet found in the Asteroid Belt
  4. A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.
  5. All of space and everything in it
  6. Farthest-out major planet
  7. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
  8. A meteoroid that passes through the atmosphere and hits Earth's surface.
  9. a spherical region that surrounds the solar system and contains billions of comets
  10. Rings, the Great Red Spot, and many moons.
  11. A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses, and that increases in proportion to their masses
  12. Planet, 1930-2006
  13. A model of the solar system in which Earth and the other planets revolve around the sun
  14. Seventh planet out from the Sun
  15. "The Red Planet," with four moons and an iron-rich crust
  16. "Earth's Twin," except for the enormous air pressure and toxic atmosphere
  17. any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (mainly between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter)

27 Clues: Planet, 1930-2006 • to spin on an axis • Farthest-out major planet • Closest planet to the Sun • Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars • Seventh planet out from the Sun • Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune • All of space and everything in it • Dwarf planet found in the Asteroid Belt • Rings, the Great Red Spot, and many moons. • a small, rocky body that travels through space • ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2022-03-25

THE SOLAR SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. DEVELOPED THREE LAWS ABOUT PLANETARY MOTION
  2. OBSCURRING OF LIGHT FROM A CELESTIAL BODY AND ITS SOURCE OF ILLUMINATION
  3. THE FORCE THAT HOLDS ALL CELESTIAL OBJECTS IN THEIR ORBITS
  4. PLANET WITH THE LONGEST ORBITAL PERIOD
  5. CIRCULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS
  6. EARTH'S ONLY NATURAL SATELLITE
  7. GAS GIANTS DON'T HAVE THESE BECAUSE THEY LACK A SOLID SURFACE
  8. NEAREST STAR TO EARTH
  9. PLANETS THAT HAVE A SOLID SURFACE
  10. CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN
  11. THE PATH A PLANET FOLLOWS AS IT REVOLVES AROUND THE SUN
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  1. SUN-CENTERED
  2. DWARF PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  3. LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  4. THE SPEED OF EARTH AS IT GETS CLOSER TO THE SUN IN ITS ORBIT
  5. JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE
  6. SMALL OBJECT THAT ENTERS EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE FROM SPACE AND BURNS UP DUE TO FRICTION
  7. ECLIPSE WHEN THE MOON IS ALIGNED DIRECTLY BETWEEN THE SUN AND EARTH BLOCKING ALL OR PART OF THE SUN
  8. STUDY OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE BEYOND EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
  9. A CELESTIAL BODY OF ICE, DUST AND ROCK WITH AN ELONGATED AND ELLIPTICAL ORBIT
  10. METEOROID THAT PASSES THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE AND HITS THE EARTH'S SURFACE
  11. SMALL ROCKY BODY ORBITING THE SUN MANY FOUND IN A REGION OF SPACE BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER

22 Clues: SUN-CENTERED • NEAREST STAR TO EARTH • CLOSEST PLANET TO THE SUN • JUPITER SATURN URANUS NEPTUNE • EARTH'S ONLY NATURAL SATELLITE • CIRCULAR MOVEMENT ABOUT AN AXIS • DWARF PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • PLANETS THAT HAVE A SOLID SURFACE • LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • PLANET WITH THE LONGEST ORBITAL PERIOD • DEVELOPED THREE LAWS ABOUT PLANETARY MOTION • ...

Our Solar System 2022-02-23

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up
  2. Unit, Distance between center of Earth and center of Sol
  3. Galaxy formation of oval shape
  4. Celestial object small and rocky
  5. North region
  6. Path of Earth's orbit around Sol
  7. Galaxy formation of no distinct shape
  8. Astronomy, traditional practice of observing the sky for time and navigation
  9. Eye, Visual perception without use of assisting factors
  10. Colloquial grouping of stars on the celestial sphere
  11. Gravity bound system of stars, planets, gas, dust and dark matter
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  1. Celestial object of ice and dust
  2. Building with interior that projects the night sky
  3. Four divisions of Earth's orbit around Sol marking changes in weather and daylight hours
  4. Clouds of dust and gas occupying space
  5. Galaxy formation of one or more arms
  6. Sphere, imaginary sphere around the observer on which celestial objects appear to lie
  7. Fixed points in the night sky of object similar to Sol
  8. Area on celestial sphere representing perceived outline or pattern of stars
  9. Building housing an astronomical telescope
  10. Motion, Yearly movement of stars on the celestial sphere
  11. Occurring twice a year and is when the sun crosses the celestial equator resulting in day and night to be approximate in length
  12. Occurring twice a year and is when the sun reaches maximum or minimum declination resulting in the longest and shortest days
  13. South region

24 Clues: North region • South region • Galaxy formation of oval shape • Celestial object of ice and dust • Celestial object small and rocky • Path of Earth's orbit around Sol • Galaxy formation of one or more arms • Galaxy formation of no distinct shape • Clouds of dust and gas occupying space • Building housing an astronomical telescope • point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up • ...

SOLAR VERBS CROSSWORD 2025-02-20

SOLAR VERBS CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. TRAVEL
  2. SAY
  3. LAUNCH
  4. CAN
  5. BEGIN
  6. START
  7. KNOW
  8. THREATEN
  9. DO
  10. STUDY
  11. GET
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  1. ORIGINATE
  2. CARRY
  3. HELP
  4. CAPTURE
  5. GO
  6. WATCH
  7. REACH
  8. DESIGN
  9. MAKE
  10. BE
  11. TAKE

22 Clues: GO • BE • DO • SAY • CAN • GET • HELP • KNOW • MAKE • TAKE • CARRY • BEGIN • START • WATCH • REACH • STUDY • TRAVEL • LAUNCH • DESIGN • CAPTURE • THREATEN • ORIGINATE

Solar System Crossword 2023-10-25

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The natural satellite of the earth (other planets have them too).
  2. The sun is composed of hydrogen and __.
  3. Sphere-shaped group of small rock and ice that are the furthest objects from the sun.
  4. The third planet from the sun.
  5. The closest planet to the sun
  6. The farthest planet from the sun
  7. Debris from comets that would be meteors if they enter earth's atmosphere.
  8. These orbit the sun and are located between Mars and Jupiter.
  9. When an object spins on its axis
  10. Disk-shaped group of small rock and ice beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  11. Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses.
Down
  1. The process in which plants create oxygen and chemical energy, which is one reason why life exists on earth.
  2. The earth is 78% __.
  3. These burn when entering the atmosphere, causing light.
  4. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all __ planets.
  5. The earth is 21% __.
  6. These form large tails of gas and dust, melt when they near the sun, and originate from the Kuiper belt or Oort cloud.
  7. The largest and hottest object in our solar system.
  8. When an object moves around another object.
  9. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
  10. Mercury, venus, earth, and mars are all __ planets.
  11. The collection of planets, moons, and other objects that orbit around the sun.

22 Clues: The earth is 78% __. • The earth is 21% __. • The closest planet to the sun • The third planet from the sun. • The farthest planet from the sun • When an object spins on its axis • The sun is composed of hydrogen and __. • When an object moves around another object. • The largest and hottest object in our solar system. • Mercury, venus, earth, and mars are all __ planets. • ...

The solar system 2024-11-21

The solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Most of what astronomers know about mercury has come from
  2. Axis of rotation is tilted at an angle of about 90 degrees
  3. Trapping of heat by the atmosphere is called the
  4. Meteoroids that pass through the atmosphere and are found on Earth’s surface are called
  5. Region beyond the kuiper belt stretches out more than 1,000 times the distance between the sun and Neptune
  6. Clouds of gas and dust that form a fuzzy outer layer on a comet's heaad
  7. The largest planet that revolves around the sun
  8. The inner planets are often called the
  9. Jupiter's largest moon
  10. A thin disk of small particles of ice and rock
  11. Its atmosphere contains visible clouds
Down
  1. A giant impact almost broke this moon apart
  2. Region beyond Neptune's orbit that extends to about 100 time Earth's distance from the sun
  3. The region of the solar system between Mars and Jupiter
  4. The solid inner core of a comet
  5. Are chunks of rock or dust smaller than asteroids
  6. Atmosphere is so heavy and thick that would crush a human
  7. Called the red planet
  8. Has no atmosphere
  9. 70% is covered with water
  10. Loose collections of ice, dust and small rocky particles
  11. A dwarf planet that orbits around Neptune
  12. Jupier, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are...
  13. Meteoroid enters Earth’s atmosphere, friction with the air creates heat and produces a streak of light known as a

24 Clues: Has no atmosphere • Called the red planet • Jupiter's largest moon • 70% is covered with water • The solid inner core of a comet • The inner planets are often called the • Its atmosphere contains visible clouds • A dwarf planet that orbits around Neptune • Jupier, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are... • A giant impact almost broke this moon apart • ...

The Solar System 2025-03-18

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The shape of orbits in Kepler's model (10)
  2. When a planet lies on a line between Earth and the Sun (11)
  3. Formulated laws of gravitational motion (6)
  4. A telescope with mirrors (9)
  5. A space probe that crashes into a body (8)
  6. Egyptian who refined geocentric model (7)
  7. Big fan of Mars (5)
  8. A day particularly short or long (8)
  9. The shape of orbits in early models (8)
Down
  1. Earth at the centre (10)
  2. A small circle whose circumference moves around a larger one (8)
  3. A space probe that lands on a body (6)
  4. View an inferior planet when this is greatest (10)
  5. Sun at the centre (10)
  6. A telescope with lenses (9)
  7. Published heliocentric thesis on deathbed (10)
  8. The 'wobbling' of Earth's axis (10)
  9. Motion that appears backwards (10)
  10. A day and night of equal length (7)
  11. What Aristotle believed made the planets orbit (5,5)
  12. Greek philosopher who proposed geocentric model(11)
  13. When a planet is closest to Earth (10)
  14. A space probe that orbits a body (7)
  15. A space probe that passes a body (5)

24 Clues: Big fan of Mars (5) • Sun at the centre (10) • Earth at the centre (10) • A telescope with lenses (9) • A telescope with mirrors (9) • Motion that appears backwards (10) • The 'wobbling' of Earth's axis (10) • A day and night of equal length (7) • A space probe that orbits a body (7) • A space probe that passes a body (5) • A day particularly short or long (8) • ...

The Solar System 2022-11-08

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. If you were on this planet, you would be frigid and would bring a giant umbrella
  2. a dwarf planet that is 5th closest to the sun
  3. a dwarf planet that completes one orbit around the sun every 11400 years
  4. this planet is named after a roman god who was the god of thunder
  5. Spins so fast that there is 4 hours a day on this dwarf planet, 2 hours in daytime, 2 hours a nighttime
  6. A 900 degree Fahrenheit planet
  7. planet next to jupiter
  8. at the speed of _____!
  9. pluto was discovered in _____
  10. The only planet with thriving individuals that scientists know of
  11. the farthest belt
Down
  1. I am a dwarf planet, and my name sounds like I am a bell
  2. how many earths could fit in the sun?
  3. this dwarf planet lives in the belt between mars and jupiter
  4. It was a planet, but now it is not
  5. a trans-neptunian dwarf planet
  6. "the ruler of the solar system," or that's what it says in the book.
  7. What planet's axis is at 90 degrees?
  8. how many moons does jupiter have?
  9. The one with famous rings
  10. orcus' large moon
  11. the belt between mars and jupiter
  12. 800 degrees Fahrenheit planet

23 Clues: orcus' large moon • the farthest belt • planet next to jupiter • at the speed of _____! • The one with famous rings • 800 degrees Fahrenheit planet • pluto was discovered in _____ • a trans-neptunian dwarf planet • A 900 degree Fahrenheit planet • how many moons does jupiter have? • the belt between mars and jupiter • It was a planet, but now it is not • ...

The Solar Explosion 2022-02-10

The Solar Explosion crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space; plural supernovae
  2. a small, rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in a band between the orbit of Jupiter and Mars
  3. a collection of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity
  4. an object so massive and dense that not even light can escape its gravity
  5. the portion of Earth that is water
  6. one of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun; Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
  7. the change in the illuminated area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body;phases of the moon are caused by the position of Earth,the sun,and the moon
Down
  1. a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light; the sun is a typical star
  2. a model for the formation of the solar system in which the sun and planets condense from a cloud (or nebula) of gas and dust
  3. a large cloud of dust and gas in interstellar space; a region in space where stars are born or where stars explode at the end of their lives
  4. a small, hot, dim star that us the leftover center of an old star
  5. a large, reddish star late in it's life cycle
  6. a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
  7. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another
  8. contains the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around in it
  9. Any of the nine primary bodies that orbit the sun; a similar body that orbits another star
  10. the distance that light travels in one year; about 9.5 trillion kilometers
  11. a small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together that follows an elliptical orbit and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun
  12. a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet
  13. a accumulation of matter
  14. a group of stars bound by gravity

21 Clues: a accumulation of matter • a group of stars bound by gravity • the portion of Earth that is water • a large, reddish star late in it's life cycle • a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet • a collection of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity • a small, hot, dim star that us the leftover center of an old star • ...

The solar system 2022-02-11

The solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. one of the highly dense planets nearest to the sun; Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
  2. a large, reddish star late in it's life cycle
  3. an object so massive and dense that not even light can escape its gravity
  4. a small, rocky object that orbits the sun, usually in a band between the orbit of Jupiter and Mars
  5. contains the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around in it
  6. a small, hot, dim star that us the leftover center of an old star
  7. a group of stars bound by gravity
  8. a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light; the sun is a typical star
  9. the change in the illuminated area of one celestial body as seen from another celestial body;phases of the moon are caused by the position of Earth,the sun,and the moon
  10. Any of the nine primary bodies that orbit the sun; a similar body that orbits another star
  11. a small body of ice, rock, and cosmic dust loosely packed together that follows an elliptical orbit and that gives off gas and dust in the form of a tail as it passes close to the sun
  12. a collection of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity
Down
  1. the distance that light travels in one year; about 9.5 trillion kilometers
  2. a accumulation of matter
  3. a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet
  4. a large cloud of dust and gas in interstellar space; a region in space where stars are born or where stars explode at the end of their lives
  5. an event in which the shadow of one celestial body falls on another
  6. a planet that has a deep, massive atmosphere, such as Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune
  7. a model for the formation of the solar system in which the sun and planets condense from a cloud (or nebula) of gas and dust
  8. the portion of Earth that is water
  9. a gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space; plural supernovae

21 Clues: a accumulation of matter • a group of stars bound by gravity • the portion of Earth that is water • a large, reddish star late in it's life cycle • a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet • a collection of stars, dust and gas bound together by gravity • a small, hot, dim star that us the leftover center of an old star • ...

The Solar System 2022-04-27

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. small particles of debris floating
  2. emission of energy
  3. everything in existence is inside this.
  4. a form of transport that travels regularly between two places.
  5. all planets _____ around the sun.
  6. a system of millions or billions of stars.
  7. the act of studying out of space
  8. a group of stars forming a shape or object
  9. a gas produced by cow poo
  10. gases surrounding the earth or another planet
  11. used to portray a smaller or larger object
Down
  1. an invisible force pulling everything towards the ground
  2. a large ball of heat
  3. a man-made object orbiting the Earth
  4. surgical instrument used for exploring a wound or part of the body
  5. the distance light travels in 365 days
  6. a set of things working together
  7. a large celestial body orbiting the sun
  8. an imaginary line about which a body rotates
  9. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice
  10. a colourless, odourless, highly flammable gas
  11. using or involving ellipsis.
  12. a series of shapes or symbols repeating
  13. a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
  14. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space
  15. a body of matter that has entered the earth's atmosphere

26 Clues: emission of energy • a large ball of heat • a gas produced by cow poo • using or involving ellipsis. • a set of things working together • the act of studying out of space • all planets _____ around the sun. • small particles of debris floating • a man-made object orbiting the Earth • a small rocky body orbiting the sun. • the distance light travels in 365 days • ...

The Solar System 2025-11-12

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The second closest planet to the sun
  2. Controlled by the moons gravitational pull on earth
  3. There are four planets that are this
  4. Getting bigger
  5. Was a planet now a dwarf planet
  6. The center of the solar system
  7. Has the shortest years
  8. Spins on it side
  9. Our Solar system
  10. The hottest season
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  1. The biggest planet
  2. Called the goldilocks planet
  3. Has the longest years
  4. A big ball of gas
  5. Something that orbits something else
  6. Getting smaller
  7. The study of all things to do with space
  8. It orbits Earth
  9. The coldest season
  10. The asteroid belt is between this planet and jupiter

20 Clues: Getting bigger • Getting smaller • It orbits Earth • Spins on it side • Our Solar system • A big ball of gas • The biggest planet • The coldest season • The hottest season • Has the longest years • Has the shortest years • Called the goldilocks planet • The center of the solar system • Was a planet now a dwarf planet • The second closest planet to the sun • ...

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM 2025-10-22

OUR SOLAR SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the lowest layer of the atmosphere
  2. the scientist that the Oort Cloud was named after
  3. based off of the constellation Perseus
  4. cross the Earth’s orbit and spend most of their time in Earth’s orbit
  5. amount of light reflected by a planet or celestial body
  6. “dirty snowball”
  7. a process in finding the epicenter of an earthquake
  8. Philippine Area of Responsibility
  9. when a meteor survives frictional heating and strikes ground
  10. a tropical cyclone formed in the North Atlantic Ocean
  11. “shooting star”
  12. scale used to measure magnitude
  13. series of huge waves caused by an earthquake underneath the ocean
  14. meteor showers coming from the debris of asteroid 3200 Phaeton
  15. tropical cyclones are commonly known as - in the Philippines
  16. the type of wave that has the greatest amplitude
  17. based off the constellation Orion
  18. the type of wave that gets recorded first
  19. comets that complete their orbit in 200 years or less
  20. area where tropical cyclones form
  21. comets that complete their orbit in more than 200 years
  22. a tropical cyclone formed in the Southwest Indian Ocean
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  1. celestial event in which several meteors enter Earth’s atmosphere
  2. slowest among seismic waves
  3. where most asteroids are located (between Mars and Jupiter)
  4. used to detect, measure, and record seismic activity
  5. the solid mass of a comet that is composed of ice, gas, and dust
  6. NEA’s
  7. the scientist that the Kuiper Belt was named after
  8. waves recorded second by a seismograph
  9. meteor showers coming from the debris of asteroid 2003EH1
  10. based off the constellation Leo
  11. the force used to create a reverse fault
  12. scale used to measure intensity
  13. point in which earthquakes originate

35 Clues: NEA’s • “shooting star” • “dirty snowball” • slowest among seismic waves • scale used to measure magnitude • based off the constellation Leo • scale used to measure intensity • Philippine Area of Responsibility • based off the constellation Orion • area where tropical cyclones form • the lowest layer of the atmosphere • point in which earthquakes originate • ...

Our solar system 2025-10-29

Our solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 88 Earth days are equal to how many years on Mercury?
  2. Only dwarf planet in the inner solar system.
  3. What mercury is doing every day.
  4. Dwarf planet, Haumea's, nickname.
  5. Invented in the 1600s, and gives us a better view of space.
  6. Largest planet.
  7. Jupiter's biggest moon, which is larger than Mercury.
  8. Planet who has wind speeds up to 2,100 km/h
Down
  1. What majority of Venus's atmosphere is composed of.
  2. Smallest planet.
  3. Planet with 274 moons.
  4. spacecraft that served as the crewed lunar lander of Apollo 11.
  5. Galaxy we are in.
  6. How many planets have not had a rover land on them?
  7. The Jovian Moon (on Jupiter) is known for these active features.
  8. Known as the "red planet".
  9. Number of stars in our solar system.
  10. There are 8.2 billion of them on earth.
  11. First rover to land on mars.
  12. Number of planets.
  13. Number of dwarf planets.
  14. Which planet is an "ice giant"?
  15. Only planet known to have liquid water.

23 Clues: Largest planet. • Smallest planet. • Galaxy we are in. • Number of planets. • Planet with 274 moons. • Number of dwarf planets. • Known as the "red planet". • First rover to land on mars. • Which planet is an "ice giant"? • What mercury is doing every day. • Dwarf planet, Haumea's, nickname. • Number of stars in our solar system. • There are 8.2 billion of them on earth. • ...

The Solar System 2026-02-12

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What asteroids are made of.
  2. Fastest thing in the universe.
  3. Earth's closest neighbor.
  4. What we see looking up.
  5. A glowing ball of plasma.
  6. The star we orbit.
  7. The line a planet rotates on.
  8. The red planet.
  9. Once the ninth planet.
  10. Used by astronomers to find stars.
  11. Saturn has many of these.
  12. A star that suddenly brightens.
  13. Icy object with a tail.
  14. What Jupiter is mostly made of.
Down
  1. The path around a star.
  2. Caused by the moon's gravity.
  3. The hottest planet.
  4. Small particles in space.
  5. The amount of matter in an object.
  6. A huge collection of stars.
  7. The empty space between stars.
  8. Our home.
  9. Part of a telescope.
  10. The center of a planet.
  11. The "habitable" area for life.

25 Clues: Our home. • The red planet. • The star we orbit. • The hottest planet. • Part of a telescope. • Once the ninth planet. • The path around a star. • What we see looking up. • The center of a planet. • Icy object with a tail. • Small particles in space. • Earth's closest neighbor. • A glowing ball of plasma. • Saturn has many of these. • What asteroids are made of. • A huge collection of stars. • ...

SOLAR SYSTEM REVIEW! 2026-02-26

SOLAR SYSTEM REVIEW! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A giant ball of hot, glowing gas in space.
  2. The cold, blue-green planet that spins on its side.
  3. A vehicle used to fly into space.
  4. The planet famous for its bright, beautiful rings.
  5. Known as the Red Planet.
  6. The hottest planet in our solar system.
  7. A huge group of stars, gas, and dust held together.
  8. A tool used to see far away objects in the sky.
  9. The natural object that circles the Earth at night.
  10. The third planet from the Sun and the one we live on.
  11. A bowl-shaped hole on a moon or planet made by a space rock.
Down
  1. The windy, blue planet farthest from the Sun.
  2. The planet closest to the Sun.
  3. The big star at the center of our solar system.
  4. Once the ninth planet, it is now called a dwarf planet.
  5. A person who is trained to travel into space.
  6. The invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.
  7. The largest planet in our solar system.
  8. The path a planet takes around the Sun.
  9. A "dirty snowball" made of ice and dust with a long tail.

20 Clues: Known as the Red Planet. • The planet closest to the Sun. • A vehicle used to fly into space. • The hottest planet in our solar system. • The largest planet in our solar system. • The path a planet takes around the Sun. • A giant ball of hot, glowing gas in space. • The windy, blue planet farthest from the Sun. • A person who is trained to travel into space. • ...

Science crossword puzzle 2022-02-07

Science crossword puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the hottest planet in the solar system
  2. The smallest planet in our solar system
  3. the farthest planet from the sun
  4. hot glowing ball of gas
  5. the planet that rotates sideways
Down
  1. the largest gas giant in our solar system
  2. the planet known for its rings
  3. the planet that scientists are studying also the fourth planet in order
  4. the only planet know to sustain life in our solar system
  5. A hot glowing ball of gas in which we orbit

10 Clues: hot glowing ball of gas • the planet known for its rings • the farthest planet from the sun • the planet that rotates sideways • the hottest planet in the solar system • The smallest planet in our solar system • the largest gas giant in our solar system • A hot glowing ball of gas in which we orbit • the only planet know to sustain life in our solar system • ...

Korn M3A 2021-03-03

Korn M3A crossword puzzle
Across
  1. are made of rock or gas.
  2. is the most essential source of energy for life on Earth.
  3. is the smallest planet in solar system.
  4. how many planets are there in solar system?
Down
  1. is the galaxy we are living in.
  2. is also called "red planet"
  3. is the largest planet in our solar system.
  4. is the 2nd closest planet to the Sun.
  5. is the coldest planet in solar system.
  6. is what Saturn's rings mostly made of.

10 Clues: are made of rock or gas. • is also called "red planet" • is the galaxy we are living in. • is the 2nd closest planet to the Sun. • is the coldest planet in solar system. • is what Saturn's rings mostly made of. • is the smallest planet in solar system. • is the largest planet in our solar system. • how many planets are there in solar system? • ...

Solar System Crossword 2024-05-20

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - The planet that rains crystals
  2. - a tiny rock in our Solar System that used to be a Planet
  3. Sun - The biggest star in our Solar System
  4. - the closest planet to the sun
  5. Belt - A belt with a lot of comets
Down
  1. cloud - The last thing in our Solar System
  2. Giants - Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus are…
  3. - The only planet that contains life
  4. - a tiny rock that enters Earth's Solar System
  5. belt - The Rocks in between Mars and Jupiter

10 Clues: - the closest planet to the sun • - The planet that rains crystals • Belt - A belt with a lot of comets • - The only planet that contains life • cloud - The last thing in our Solar System • Sun - The biggest star in our Solar System • belt - The Rocks in between Mars and Jupiter • - a tiny rock that enters Earth's Solar System • ...

The Planets Crossword 2023-11-11

The Planets Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A small world with a big heart.
  2. Earth's superheated twin sister.
  3. Planets beyond the solar system.
  4. The Red Planet.
  5. Jewel of the solar system.
Down
  1. The farthest planet in the solar system.
  2. The swiftest planet.
  3. King of the planets.
  4. The original ice giant.
  5. Our homeworld.

10 Clues: Our homeworld. • The Red Planet. • The swiftest planet. • King of the planets. • The original ice giant. • Jewel of the solar system. • A small world with a big heart. • Earth's superheated twin sister. • Planets beyond the solar system. • The farthest planet in the solar system.

The Solar System 2023-05-07

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - When one celestial object blocks the light from another, such as a solar or lunar eclipse
  2. - The seventh planet from the Sun, known for its blue-green color and tilted axis
  3. - The fourth planet from the Sun, known for its red color and potential for habitability
  4. - The eighth planet from the Sun, known for its deep blue color and strong winds
  5. - The second planet from the Sun, known for its thick, toxic atmosphere
  6. - The closest planet to the Sun, known for its extreme temperature swings
  7. - A hypothetical cloud of icy objects located on the edge of our Solar System, believed to be the source of long-period comets
  8. - A region of space beyond Neptune, containing many small, icy objects including Pluto
Down
  1. - The sixth planet from the Sun, known for its beautiful rings and many moons
  2. - A dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, once considered the ninth planet in our Solar System
  3. - The largest planet in our Solar System, known for its many moons and giant storms
  4. - The star at the center of our Solar System
  5. - A small, rocky object orbiting the Sun, often found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter
  6. - The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet with life
  7. - A small, icy object that travels through space and creates a glowing tail when it passes near the Sun

15 Clues: - The star at the center of our Solar System • - The third planet from the Sun and the only known planet with life • - The second planet from the Sun, known for its thick, toxic atmosphere • - The closest planet to the Sun, known for its extreme temperature swings • - The sixth planet from the Sun, known for its beautiful rings and many moons • ...

GayB Energy Crossword 2018-02-26

GayB Energy Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Light and heat given off by the sun.
  2. The largest collective renewable energy source in America.
  3. What solar panels are made up of.
  4. A substance that provides enough energy such as light, motion, or electricity.
  5. Layer that traps heat and decreases the amount of heating energy a house needs
  6. What oil is mainly used for.
  7. What happens when fuel rods produce too much heat
  8. What solar, wind, and geothermal energy is.
  9. The combining of an atom's nucleus into two nuclei
  10. What wind energy blows on to start an electric current.
  11. Besides solar energy this energy comes from the sun.
  12. Heat from sun heat being trapped by windows.
  13. Energy that comes from movement of a turbine.
Down
  1. Adding alcohol to gasoline forms this.
  2. A factory which crude oil is heated and separating fuel and other products.
  3. Chemical compounds that contain carbon and hydrogen atoms.
  4. Energy conversion that occurs when a car engine burns gasoline.
  5. What coal supports only 1% of.
  6. Compounds made from oil.
  7. The combining of two atomic nuclei.
  8. Wood, plant parts, manure, and food wastes can be used as this.
  9. What solar space heating resembles.
  10. Heat from Earth's interior.
  11. What oil only supports 5% of.
  12. Electricity produced by flowing water.
  13. What coal, natural gas energy is.
  14. Mostly used source of electricity in America.
  15. Made from water, biomass, and natural gas.
  16. Only used as 2.2% of energy in America.

29 Clues: Compounds made from oil. • Heat from Earth's interior. • What oil is mainly used for. • What oil only supports 5% of. • What coal supports only 1% of. • What solar panels are made up of. • What coal, natural gas energy is. • The combining of two atomic nuclei. • What solar space heating resembles. • Light and heat given off by the sun. • Adding alcohol to gasoline forms this. • ...

Sun and Space Crossword 2019-01-03

Sun and Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Really bright sun in your _ will make you squint.
  2. The sun is really _ even when it's cold on earth.
  3. The hottest planet.
  4. _ make up the sun, so its surface never stays the same.
  5. The Milky Way _ is the home for our solar system.
  6. The pattern of a smaller object going around a bigger space object.
  7. Sunlight can _ your skin even when it's not hot.
  8. _ energy is a sustainable way to power things on earth.
  9. The moon doesn't make light of its own, it _ the light of the sun.
  10. A planet follows an orbital _ around the sun.
  11. The sun is so _ that you can't stare at it.
  12. The sun is a _ that anchors our solar system.
Down
  1. The sun sets in the _.
  2. Our _ makes Vitamin D when sun shines directly on it.
  3. The number of planets that orbit our sun.
  4. The area between objects in space.
  5. 365 is the number of _ it takes Earth to orbit the sun.
  6. _ can block the sun from view.
  7. The shape of the sun.
  8. Keeps our feet on the ground and the planets going around the sun.
  9. The object that blocks the sun in a solar eclipse.
  10. Sunlight makes you feel _.
  11. The name we call the planet we live on.
  12. The closest planet to the sun.
  13. Column of light.
  14. The sun's _ is a form of energy.
  15. Used to be the smallest, ninth planet.

27 Clues: Column of light. • The hottest planet. • The shape of the sun. • The sun sets in the _. • Sunlight makes you feel _. • _ can block the sun from view. • The closest planet to the sun. • The sun's _ is a form of energy. • The area between objects in space. • Used to be the smallest, ninth planet. • The name we call the planet we live on. • The number of planets that orbit our sun. • ...

space 2024-02-13

space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a "tail" of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun.
  2. - The study of the origin, evolution, and eventual fate of the universe.
  3. - A planet that orbits a star outside of our solar system.
  4. - Relating to the sun or the solar system.
  5. - An exploding star, resulting in a sudden brightening of the star.
  6. - Relating to the moon.
  7. Hole - A region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
  8. - A celestial body orbiting around a planet or star.
  9. - The path followed by a celestial body around another under the influence of gravity.
  10. - A vast system of stars, gas, and dust bound together by gravity.
Down
  1. Way - The galaxy containing our solar system.
  2. - A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern.
  3. - A person trained for traveling in space.
  4. - A celestial body that orbits a star and has cleared its neighboring region of other objects.
  5. - A luminous celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity.
  6. - A cloud of gas and dust in space, where stars are born.
  7. - Relating to the sky or outer space.
  8. - All existing matter, energy, and space regarded as a whole.
  9. - The scientific study of celestial objects such as stars, planets, comets, and galaxies.
  10. - The force that attracts objects with mass towards each other.

20 Clues: - Relating to the moon. • - Relating to the sky or outer space. • - A person trained for traveling in space. • - Relating to the sun or the solar system. • Way - The galaxy containing our solar system. • - A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern. • - A celestial body orbiting around a planet or star. • ...

Science Form 3 (Chapter 9 : Space Weather) 2022-11-04

Science Form 3 (Chapter 9 : Space Weather) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A coronal mass ejections is a huge cloud of ___ that erupts from the Sun.
  2. The ___ reduces the pressure exerted by solar wind on Earth's atmosphere.
  3. The magnetosphere is formed by the interaction between ___ field brought by the solar wind and Earth's magnetic field.
  4. The average diameter of a ___ is 1000km.
  5. The thin layer of the Sun’s atmosphere that lies directly above the photosphere is the ___
  6. What are the dark regions seen on the surface of the Sun?
  7. The Sun consist of two types of gases, hydrogen and ___
  8. Sun is a type of ___
  9. The zone of the Sun’s interior that is between the core and the convective zone
Down
  1. The ___ of the solar wind is supersonic with values 250kms-1 to 750kms-1.
  2. What is the outer most part that we see only during an eclipse?
  3. What is the layer that is responsible for the orange colour of the Sun that can be seen every day?
  4. The sun is a glowing ball of _______.
  5. The center of the sun, the ___, produces the energy that eventually reaches us and warms the Earth.
  6. Charges gas particles form solar flares often collide with atoms and molecules in earth surface to produce ___
  7. Excessive number of charged particles in Earth's atmosphere will disrupt ___
  8. Prominence is a ___ loop or arched column of glowing gases over the sunspot.
  9. Sunspots are phenomena that always exist in ___ or groups.
  10. How many structures of the sun that form the Sun's atmosphere?
  11. Granules which appear as ___ structures.

20 Clues: Sun is a type of ___ • The sun is a glowing ball of _______. • The average diameter of a ___ is 1000km. • Granules which appear as ___ structures. • The Sun consist of two types of gases, hydrogen and ___ • Sunspots are phenomena that always exist in ___ or groups. • What are the dark regions seen on the surface of the Sun? • ...

Architectual styles 2024-11-06

Architectual styles crossword puzzle
Across
  1. free standing pillar
  2. hip roof, dentil molding under the eaves
  3. sheltered partially covered with soil
  4. utilize using sun for energy, solar energy on roof, passive solar heating systems
  5. wood cutting designs, Queen Anne design
  6. walk platform for observing above a roof
  7. a row of small posts that support upper rail of a railing
  8. support for an arch that sticks out of the wall
  9. revival columns around doorways
  10. one story home, may have basement, low pitched roof with overhang
  11. pot ends of a pipe that carry smoke from chimney into the air
  12. and crafts simple, natural lines, low pitched roof, wide eaves, wood stone, stucco siding
  13. level 3,4,5 levels, quiet social areas, that are easily separated
  14. ranch houses, split level, solar, earth sheltered
Down
  1. porch along front, open floor plan, one and a half stones, horizontal shape, exterior made of wood or brick
  2. medevil shapes, half timbering, filled with stucco, high pitched ceilings, large fireplaces
  3. adam style, early classical revival, 2 stories, symmetrical
  4. style simplicty in design, geometrical lines, large expanse of glass and windows, flat roof tops
  5. long sequence of columns
  6. revival enclosed patios, wrought iron exterior decor, stucco both inside and out, arched windows and doors
  7. uppermost section of moldings along top of wall or roof
  8. colonial two, three stories, gable, shutters, belvedere
  9. turret or pavilion
  10. a series of adjoining arches with their columns
  11. moldings or bands resting above columns
  12. doric, ionic, corinthian

26 Clues: turret or pavilion • free standing pillar • long sequence of columns • doric, ionic, corinthian • revival columns around doorways • sheltered partially covered with soil • wood cutting designs, Queen Anne design • moldings or bands resting above columns • hip roof, dentil molding under the eaves • walk platform for observing above a roof • ...

The Galaxy 2025-11-05

The Galaxy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large cloud of gas and dust in space, often a nursery for new stars
  2. The phase of the moon when it is completely illuminated
  3. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
  4. A rocky object that orbits the Sun, smaller than a planet
  5. The closest star to Earth
  6. The planet known for its ring system
  7. A region of space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape
  8. The second largest moon in the Solar System, orbiting Saturn
  9. dying star that collapses into a dense core
  10. The galaxy containing our Solar System
  11. A star that suddenly increases in brightness before fading
  12. An instrument used to view distant stars and planets
  13. force keeping planets in orbit
Down
  1. The bright object sometimes seen before sunrise or after sunset
  2. A dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt
  3. The point directly above an observer in the sky
  4. largest planet in our Solar System
  5. The process by which a star produces energy through nuclear reactions
  6. A system of millions or billions of stars, along with gas and dust, held together by gravity
  7. The second planet from the Sun, known for its thick atmosphere
  8. Earth's natural satellite
  9. The planet known as the Red Planet
  10. The smallest planet in our Solar System
  11. A space body composed mostly of ice and dust, with a glowing tail
  12. The science of celestial objects, space, and the physical universe
  13. The galaxy type shaped like a flat disk
  14. The outermost layer of a star's atmosphere
  15. A glowing streak of light caused by a meteoroid entering Earth's atmosphere

28 Clues: Earth's natural satellite • The closest star to Earth • force keeping planets in orbit • largest planet in our Solar System • The planet known as the Red Planet • The planet known for its ring system • The galaxy containing our Solar System • The smallest planet in our Solar System • The galaxy type shaped like a flat disk • A dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt • ...

Desafio 5.º B 2024-12-19

Desafio 5.º B crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Planeta mais quente do Sistema Solar
  2. Planeta mais frio do Sistema Solar
  3. Rocha de cor escura e com minerais pouco visíveis
  4. Parte da água que forma rios ou ribeiros
  5. Único planeta do Sistema Solar que não tem atmosfera
  6. Rocha que dá origem aos solos
  7. Fenómeno natural que retém o calor que a Terra recebe do Sol
  8. Conjunto de todos os seres e dos seus ambientes
  9. Camada gasosa que envolve a Terra
Down
  1. Rocha magmática e com minerais bem visíveis
  2. Área onde um rio ou corrente de água doce encontra-se com o oceano
  3. Rocha utilização na pavimentação
  4. Mineral utilizado na joalharia
  5. É constituída por todas as rochas e pelos solos
  6. Planeta azul que contém água no estado líquido
  7. Regiões situadas na África e na Ásia

16 Clues: Rocha que dá origem aos solos • Mineral utilizado na joalharia • Rocha utilização na pavimentação • Camada gasosa que envolve a Terra • Planeta mais frio do Sistema Solar • Planeta mais quente do Sistema Solar • Regiões situadas na África e na Ásia • Parte da água que forma rios ou ribeiros • Rocha magmática e com minerais bem visíveis • ...

The Solar System 2021-01-21

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. All of space and everything in it.
  2. An imaginary pattern of stars in the sky.
  3. The study of moons, stars, and other objects in space.
  4. the galaxy we live in
  5. A meteorite that enters the Earth's Atmosphere.
  6. the largest planet
  7. the fuzzy outer layer of a comet
  8. him title
  9. the solid inner core of a comet
  10. A meteor that hits the surface of the earth.
  11. Nature made satellite
  12. The God of War (Planet name)
  13. Rocky objects revolving around the sun that are too small and numerous to be considered a planet.
  14. A dark area of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler that surrounding gases.
  15. mercury, venus, earth and mars
  16. earth's twin planet
  17. farthest planet from the sun
  18. A loose collection of ice, dust, and small rocky particles, typically with a long, narrow orbit.
Down
  1. Bay de Noc game fish
  2. hardest substance
  3. The force that pulls objects towards each other.
  4. The spinning motion of a planet on its axis.
  5. A huge group of a single stars, star systems, star clusters, dusts, and gas bound together by gravity.
  6. I create all the energy in the solar system
  7. dwarf planet
  8. I have rings
  9. An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon or another planet in order to collect information or for communication.
  10. The movement of an object around another object.
  11. six times two
  12. The main surface of the sun.
  13. team from Detroit
  14. third rock from the sun.
  15. NC mascot
  16. The area located between Jupiter and Mars.
  17. new social fad
  18. gravity is so strong that nothing can escape.

36 Clues: him title • NC mascot • dwarf planet • I have rings • six times two • new social fad • hardest substance • team from Detroit • the largest planet • earth's twin planet • Bay de Noc game fish • the galaxy we live in • Nature made satellite • third rock from the sun. • The main surface of the sun. • The God of War (Planet name) • farthest planet from the sun • mercury, venus, earth and mars • ...

our solar system 2021-02-10

our solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the fifth planet from the sun and the biggest
  2. a dwarf planet farther from the sun than neptune
  3. closest planet to the sun
  4. a theoretical stellar remnant, specifically a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently that it no longer emits significant heat or light.
  5. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space
  6. fourth planet from the sun
  7. the sixth planet from the sun
  8. a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet.
  9. second planet from the sun
  10. a ring-shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas around an aging star.
  11. the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star
Down
  1. the eighth planet from the sun
  2. a very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature
  3. the seventh planet from the sun
  4. a star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.
  5. cosmic snowballs of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun.
  6. our home and the third planet from the sun
  7. a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light can not get out.
  8. a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
  9. separates the inner and outer planets

20 Clues: closest planet to the sun • fourth planet from the sun • second planet from the sun • the sixth planet from the sun • the eighth planet from the sun • the seventh planet from the sun • a small rocky body orbiting the sun. • separates the inner and outer planets • a cloud of gas and dust in outer space • our home and the third planet from the sun • ...

The Solar System 2020-06-08

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Star at the center of our solar system.
  2. The force that holds planets in their orbits.
  3. Our galaxy. (Hint: the answer is two (2) words)
  4. Planet named after the sea god.
  5. Planet known as the evening star.
  6. An icy rock that has a bright tail when it comes close to the sun.
  7. A hole in the ground caused by a meteor hitting a planet.
  8. The kind of planet that Earth and Mars are.
  9. Planet closest to the sun.
  10. Planet famous for its rings.
  11. Earth's companion.
  12. The largest planet in the solar system.
Down
  1. Planets like Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. (Hint: the answer is two (2) words)
  2. Our sun is this. (Hint: It rhymes with "car" and "far")
  3. A rock that crashes into Earth's atmosphere.
  4. This planet is known as the red planet.
  5. One of many "rocks" in a belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  6. An instrument that scientists use to observe planets.
  7. An outer layer of gas on a terrestrial planet.
  8. Our planet.
  9. Something that both Saturn and Uranus have.
  10. Planet between Saturn and Neptune.
  11. The path that a planet takes around the sun.

23 Clues: Our planet. • Earth's companion. • Planet closest to the sun. • Planet famous for its rings. • Planet named after the sea god. • Planet known as the evening star. • Planet between Saturn and Neptune. • Star at the center of our solar system. • This planet is known as the red planet. • The largest planet in the solar system. • The kind of planet that Earth and Mars are. • ...

solar flare crossword 2021-09-21

solar flare crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. winner of sf chess invitational master cup 2021
  2. signature dish of the dowd family
  3. guild member with longest tenure currently playing
  4. boss with highest pull count all time of our guild
  5. glorious leader
  6. famed neek
  7. PAIN, ONLY PAIN
  8. baker allergic to flour
  9. sf meetup city 2022
  10. better rogue than tom on inquisition
  11. grilled cheese origin boss
  12. highest item level raider
  13. hey guys does anyone wanna play
  14. cringe ability
  15. toxic bfa officer
  16. name of the bird included in a theoretical belgian conundrum
  17. best holiday
  18. wronged welshman
  19. city of first sf meetup
  20. oldest remaining custom emote in solar flare discord
  21. amount of raiders from the team who killed shriekwing still raiding
Down
  1. yaki was but the shadow of this hunter
  2. name of rival guild in wrath of the lich king
  3. biggest travesty sf had ever seen
  4. winner of halloween costume contest 2020
  5. how do i get angry
  6. this needs to be focused
  7. name of antorus boss and french tv show
  8. winner of sf league of legends championship 2019
  9. verb meaning "to push someone out of a group activity through accidentally overinviting"
  10. sallygangs favourite ice cream brand
  11. what job position does coop hold in the sf podcast
  12. the second coming of adoxe
  13. highest current allstar points (dps)
  14. this man describes himself as "volumptious"
  15. southern pearl
  16. music genre for raid pumping
  17. boss that broke sf in bfa
  18. kungfu
  19. big upgrade for lisa
  20. take me back

41 Clues: kungfu • famed neek • best holiday • take me back • southern pearl • cringe ability • glorious leader • PAIN, ONLY PAIN • wronged welshman • toxic bfa officer • how do i get angry • sf meetup city 2022 • big upgrade for lisa • baker allergic to flour • city of first sf meetup • this needs to be focused • highest item level raider • boss that broke sf in bfa • the second coming of adoxe • ...

Solar System Crossword 2022-02-10

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. second closest planet to the sun
  2. our earth is always doing this but we can't see
  3. closest planet to the sun
  4. we live on it
  5. this is made in the center of the sun
  6. earth is the only known planet with ____
  7. the symbol for this is He
  8. a stream of protons moving radially from the sun
  9. where all the other planets, galaxies etc. are
  10. a place in space where gravity is so strong you can not escape it
  11. scientists think this planet could sustain life or once did
  12. there will someday in a very long time be an ___ to the sun and our earth, along with all of us.
Down
  1. their are 8 of them in our solar system
  2. when it's nighttime and clear you can see them
  3. this phase happens after the red giant
  4. our earth revolves around it
  5. the sun will grow to this and eat planets
  6. the sun is the center and the other planets circle
  7. what each planet is on the circles the sun
  8. our earth does this throughout the year

20 Clues: we live on it • closest planet to the sun • the symbol for this is He • our earth revolves around it • second closest planet to the sun • this is made in the center of the sun • this phase happens after the red giant • their are 8 of them in our solar system • our earth does this throughout the year • earth is the only known planet with ____ • ...

Our Solar System 2022-02-23

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rover that landed on Mars in 2012
  2. Building housing an astronomical telescope
  3. United States robotic space probe launched 1989 to study Jupiter and its moons
  4. First successful Mars lander in 1976
  5. South region
  6. Shuttle, Comprising of two solid rocket boosters, one external tank and an orbiter (or space plane)
  7. NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus
  8. United States space probe launched in 1972 passing Jupiter and first to leave our solar system
  9. Occuring twice a year and is when the sun reaches maximum or minimum declination resulting in the longest and shortest days
  10. Building with interior that projects the night sky
  11. Four divisions of Earth's orbit around Sol marking changes in weather and daylight hours
  12. Lab, First United States space station launched in 1973
  13. Space Station, Intergovernmental establishment in orbit of Earth comprised of modules
  14. Colloquial grouping of stars on the celestial sphere
  15. NASA program beginning in 1992 to improve understanding of our solar system
  16. Curie, Sojourner's flight spare
  17. Airborne Observatory, Aka KAO jet used by NASA for infrared astronomy
  18. First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit
  19. Failed space shuttle resulting in death of 7 crew members in 1986
  20. Path of Earth's orbit around Sol
  21. Soviet crewed spacecraft resulting Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space
  22. First Mars rover and first wheeled vehicle on another planet that landed in 1997
  23. Occuring twice a year and is when the sun crosses the celestial equator resulting in day and night to be approximate in length
  24. Space probes launched to photograph and study interplanetary matter of Mars and Venus
Down
  1. Area on celestial sphere representing perceived outline or pattern of stars
  2. Soviet artificial satellites and first launched into orbit in October 1957
  3. Astronomy, traditional practice of observing the sky for time and navigation
  4. Robotic interstellar probes launched in 1977 to collect data of Jupiter and Saturn
  5. Motion, Yearly movement of stars on the celestial sphere
  6. Soviet program that sent spacecraft to our moon for study
  7. Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010
  8. Communication using electromagnetic waves between 30 hertz and 300 gigahertz
  9. Sphere, imaginary sphere around the observer on which celestial objects appear to lie
  10. Global Surveyor, United States space probe launched in 1996 to globally map Mars
  11. robotic lunar rovers made by the Soviets during the Moon race
  12. Device that uses the reverberation of radio waves to sense objects
  13. Tool used to see faraway objects
  14. retired space shuttle that was created after Challenger
  15. point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up
  16. Fixed points in the night sky of object similar to Sol
  17. North region
  18. United States uncrewed space mission in the 1960s to take close photos of Luna
  19. Russian space mission to Venus set to be launched in 2029
  20. Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn
  21. Mission resulting in successful keeping of humans on the ISS since 2000
  22. Third United States spaceflight program resulting in the first humans on Luna
  23. Pathfinder, United States robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1997
  24. Eye, Visual perception without use of assisting factors

48 Clues: South region • North region • Curie, Sojourner's flight spare • Tool used to see faraway objects • Path of Earth's orbit around Sol • Rover that landed on Mars in 2012 • Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010 • First successful Mars lander in 1976 • Building housing an astronomical telescope • point 90 degrees from the horizon directly up • ...

Our Solar System 2022-02-23

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Soviet crewed spacecraft resulting Yuri Gagarin as the first man in space
  2. Third United States spaceflight program resulting in the first humans on Luna
  3. Russian space mission to Venus set to be launched in 2029
  4. Curie, Sojourner's flight spare
  5. Soviet artifical satelites and first launched into orbit in October 1957
  6. Failed space shuttle resulting in death of 7 crew members in 1986
  7. Airborne Observatory, Aka KAO jet used by NASA for infrared astronomy
  8. Lab, First United States space station launched in 1973
  9. NASA program beginning in 1992 to improve understanding of our solar system
  10. Mission resulting in successful keeping of humans on the ISS since 2000
  11. robotic lunar rovers made by the Soviets during the Moon race
  12. Communication using electromagnetic waves between 30 hertz and 300 gigahertz
  13. NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus
  14. retired space shuttle that was created after Challenger
  15. First successful Mars lander in 1976
  16. United States uncrewed space mission in the 1960s to take close photos of Luna
  17. Tool used to see faraway objects
Down
  1. First Mars rover and first wheeled vehicle on another planet that landed in 1997
  2. First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit
  3. Soviet program that sent spacecraft to our moon for study
  4. Global Surveyor, United States space probe launched in 1996 to globally map Mars
  5. Rover that landed on Mars in 2012
  6. Robotic interstellar probes launched in 1977 to collect data of Jupiter and Saturn
  7. Pathfinder, United States robotic spacecraft that landed on Mars in 1997
  8. United States space probe launched in 1972 passing Jupiter and first to leave our solar system
  9. Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn
  10. United States robotic space probe launched 1989 to study Jupiter and its moons
  11. Shuttle, Comprising of two solid rocket boosters, one external tank and an orbiter (or space-plane)
  12. Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010
  13. Space probes launched to photograph and study interplanetary matter of Mars and Venus
  14. Space Station, Intergovernmental establishment in orbit of Earth comprised of modules
  15. Device that uses the reverberation of radio waves to sense objects

32 Clues: Curie, Sojourner's flight spare • Tool used to see faraway objects • Rover that landed on Mars in 2012 • Mars rover active from 2004 to 2010 • First successful Mars lander in 1976 • First United States spacecraft to achieve orbit • NASA mission that mapped entire surface of Venus • Research mission between NASA and ISA to study Saturn • ...

Solar system assessment 2021-06-10

Solar system assessment crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the relationship that exists between the size, number, or amount of two things and that is often represented by two numbers
  2. a science that deals with the history of a planet as recorded in rocks.
  3. any state or process known through the senses rather than by intuition or reasoning.
  4. a group of animals or plants that are similar and can produce young animals or plants.
  5. of or relating to an orbit, that is, he curved path that something (such as a moon or satellite) follows as it goes around something else.
  6. the science or occupation of farming.
  7. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet.
  8. the act or process of moving or turning around a central point
  9. a device that is used to obtain information from outer space and send back to earth.
  10. existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.
  11. having to do with the natural force that causes things to fall towards the earth.
  12. a set of things working together as parts of a mechanism or an interconnecting network; a complex whole.
Down
  1. plural) any one of the very large groups of stars that make up the universe.
  2. to look at (something) in a careful way to learn more about it
  3. not in a state of sleep; completely conscious.
  4. water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
  5. plural) a group of stars that forms a particular shape in the sky and has been given a name.
  6. the entire range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation.
  7. want something to happen or be the case
  8. everything that exists anywhere.
  9. the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet.
  10. a situation in which there is much destruction or confusion
  11. a device that requires skill for proper use.
  12. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source.
  13. facts or information used usually to calculate, analyze, or plan something.

25 Clues: everything that exists anywhere. • the science or occupation of farming. • want something to happen or be the case • a device that requires skill for proper use. • not in a state of sleep; completely conscious. • the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. • the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet. • ...

Solar system formation 2017-11-13

Solar system formation crossword puzzle
Across
  1. largest planet
  2. closest planet to sun
  3. our planet
  4. rock from outer space that hits the earth
  5. dirty snowballs
  6. planet gets pulled together by gravity and atmosphere forms
  7. dust grains that burn up in the atmosphere
  8. large gas planets
  9. rock like planets
  10. basis of modern planet formation
  11. dust grains in the solar system
  12. planet that is forming
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  1. heavier elements sink in growing planet
  2. snowball effect in formation of planets
  3. next planet out after earth
  4. large lumpy potatoes like small planets
  5. small objects outside neptunes orbit
  6. long period comets
  7. our star
  8. between mars and Jupiter
  9. closest planet to earth
  10. planet with largest rings

22 Clues: our star • our planet • largest planet • dirty snowballs • large gas planets • rock like planets • long period comets • closest planet to sun • planet that is forming • closest planet to earth • between mars and Jupiter • planet with largest rings • next planet out after earth • dust grains in the solar system • basis of modern planet formation • small objects outside neptunes orbit • ...

THE SOLAR SYSTEM 2019-09-09

THE SOLAR SYSTEM crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Are planets are massive planets usually with a primary composition of gases or ice instead of solid matter such as rocks.
  2. Star composed of 92.1% hydrogen atoms and 7.8% helium atoms, around which the planets gravitate; represents more than 99.8% of the solar system’s total mass.
  3. Earth’s only natural satellite; devoid of water and atmosphere, it displays a highly uneven surface.
  4. A planet known most for its rings and has numerous moons.
  5. is a rock that falls to Earth from space. The vast majority of it are pieces of asteroids.
  6. Are objects that enter Earth’s atmosphere from space. But these are typically pieces of comet dust no larger than a grain of rice—burn up before reaching the ground.
  7. Are planets made up primarily of metals or silicate rocks which constitute most of Earth’s crust, asteroids, and rocky moons.
  8. A sphere of gas massive enough to generate light and heat through nuclear reactions that transform hydrogen into helium in its core.
  9. The closest planet to the sun and is only a bit larger than Earth's moon.
  10. Grouping of stars and interstellar matter linked together by gravitation; each comprises an average of 100 billion stars.
  11. A planet that is terribly hot, even hotter than Mercury. The atmosphere is toxic and the pressure at the surface would crush and kill you. Scientists describe the planet's situation as a runaway greenhouse effect.
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  1. It is unlike other planets in many respects. It is smaller than Earth's moon. Its orbit carries it inside the orbit of Neptune and then way out beyond that orbit.
  2. It is a layer or a set of layers of gases surrounding a planet or other material body, that is held in place by the gravity of that body.
  3. It's huge and is the most massive planet in our solar system. It’s a mostly gaseous world, mostly hydrogen and helium. Its swirling clouds are colorful due to different types of trace gases.
  4. it's the name that we use to describe the collection of all the things that exist in space. It is made of many millions of millions of stars and planets and enormous clouds of gas.
  5. it's an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and has cleared its neighboring region of planetesimals.
  6. A rocky objects smaller than planets that are left over from the formation of our solar system.
  7. It is a path of a body revolving around an attracting center of mass, as a planet around the Sun or a satellite around it.
  8. It is a cold, dusty planet. The dust, an iron oxide, gives the planet its reddish cast. Scientists think it was once wet and warm, though today it’s cold and desert-like.
  9. It is a water world, with two-thirds of the planet covered by ocean. It’s the only world known to harbor life, its atmosphere is rich in life-sustaining nitrogen and oxygen.
  10. Formed at farther distances from the Sun, beyond what we call the frost or snow line and past the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, where temperatures were low enough for water to freeze.
  11. it's the galaxy that contains the Solar System, with the name describing the galaxy's appearance from Earth: a hazy band of light seen in the night sky formed from stars that cannot be individually distinguished by the naked eye.
  12. It is known for strong winds — sometimes faster than the speed of sound. it's far out and cold. The planet is more than 30 times as far from the sun as Earth and it has a rocky core.
  13. It's an oddball. The only giant planet whose equator is nearly at right angles to its orbit — it basically orbits on its side. Methane in its atmosphere gives a blue-green tint. It has numerous moons and faint rings.

24 Clues: A planet known most for its rings and has numerous moons. • The closest planet to the sun and is only a bit larger than Earth's moon. • is a rock that falls to Earth from space. The vast majority of it are pieces of asteroids. • A rocky objects smaller than planets that are left over from the formation of our solar system. • ...

Sun/Solar system 2014-02-04

Sun/Solar system crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place.
  2. the process by which energy is produced in stars.
  3. A unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun, about 150 million kilometers.
  4. A dark area of gas on the sun’s surface that is cooler than the surrounding gases.
  5. Dark, flat areas on the moon’s surface formed from huge ancient lava flows.
  6. The inner layer of the sun’s atmosphere that gives off its visible light; the sun’s surface.
  7. One of the small asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of the planets.
  8. The effect of trapping heat near a planet’s surface by certain gases in the planet’s atmosphere.
  9. An object that orbits the sun and is spherical, but has not cleared the area of its orbit.
  10. The name often given to the four inner planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars
  11. An object that orbits a star, is large enough to have become rounded by its own gravity, and has cleared the area of its orbit.
Down
  1. Outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere, which looks like a white halo
  2. This zone is the outermost layer of the sun’s interior.
  3. The middle layer of the sun’s atmosphere.
  4. A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid
  5. A zone of very tightly packed gas in the sun’s interior where energy is transferred mainly in the form of electromagnetic radiation.
  6. A chunk of rock or dust in space, generally smaller than an asteroid.
  7. A stream of electrically charged particles that emanate from the sun’s corona.
  8. The system consisting of the sun and the planets and other objects that revolve around it.
  9. An eruption of gas from the sun’s surface that occurs when the loops in sunspot regions suddenly connect.
  10. A huge, reddish loop of gas that protrudes from the sun’s surface, linking parts of sunspot regions.

21 Clues: The middle layer of the sun’s atmosphere. • the process by which energy is produced in stars. • A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid • This zone is the outermost layer of the sun’s interior. • The central region of the sun, where nuclear fusion takes place. • Outer layer of the sun’s atmosphere, which looks like a white halo • ...

The Solar System 2015-05-26

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Methane in this planets atmosphere gives it its blue tint
  2. Surname of the first astronaut to walk upon the moon
  3. The planet which takes 365 days to orbit the sun
  4. The government agency of the USA which researches space and sends astronauts on missions
  5. The planet closest to the sun
  6. The term which means the planet is spinning in the opposite direction to other planets
  7. The gas giant that is furthest from the sun
  8. The term given to the model of solar system that puts the sun at the middle
  9. This planet is most famous for its set of rings
  10. Now known as a dwarf planet
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  1. The largest planet in the Solar System
  2. Planet covered in clouds of sulphuric acids and spins in retrograde
  3. This red planet was named after the Roman god of war
  4. The term given to a scientist who studies planets
  5. The moon does not have one of these, therefore it has no protection against cosmic rays, meteors or solar winds
  6. The type of planets that are closest to the sun
  7. A piece of stony or metallic debris that travels in outer space
  8. The galaxy in which Earth belongs
  9. Name of the instrument used to look at planets, stars and objects in space
  10. This planet controls the tides on Earth

20 Clues: Now known as a dwarf planet • The planet closest to the sun • The galaxy in which Earth belongs • The largest planet in the Solar System • This planet controls the tides on Earth • The gas giant that is furthest from the sun • The type of planets that are closest to the sun • This planet is most famous for its set of rings • ...

Solar System Crossword 2014-09-05

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet is between Earth and Jupiter
  2. belt What seperates the inner and the outer solar system
  3. Everything revolves around this
  4. This is the 7th planet from the sun
  5. This planet has rings around it
  6. What do all planets do around the sun?
  7. What can be used to view planets in space
  8. The name given to earth's moon
  9. This is the dwarf planet that comes after Neptune
  10. This is the largest planet in the solar system
Down
  1. The closest planet to the sun, it takes 88 days for this planet to orbit the sun!
  2. What is the name of the people who go into space?
  3. Rocketships go into outer......?
  4. The study of outer space
  5. There are billions and billions of these in the galaxy
  6. What is earths only natural satellite?
  7. The second planet from the sun
  8. This use to be considered the 2nd last planet from the sun, but is now considered the last
  9. The planet we live on
  10. How many planets are there in our solar system

20 Clues: The planet we live on • The study of outer space • The second planet from the sun • The name given to earth's moon • Everything revolves around this • This planet has rings around it • Rocketships go into outer......? • This is the 7th planet from the sun • What is earths only natural satellite? • What do all planets do around the sun? • This planet is between Earth and Jupiter • ...

The Solar System 2014-04-10

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. hole An area in space that has a strong gravitational force
  2. A strong force that pulls objects closer to the other object
  3. Natural satellites that orbit around a planet
  4. An instance of revolting
  5. Earth's "sister" planet
  6. The hottest planet
  7. The largest planet in our solar system
  8. Planet with the most rings
  9. An area in space made of dust and gas
  10. The center of our solar system
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  1. A celestial body that orbits around a star
  2. A giant ball of fire and gas
  3. belt A group of asteroids that orbit around the sun
  4. The red planet
  5. The action of rotating around on an axis
  6. A gas planet
  7. The furthest planet from the sun
  8. An imaginary line in which a body rotates on
  9. The curved path of a celestial body around a star
  10. The water planet

20 Clues: A gas planet • The red planet • The water planet • The hottest planet • Earth's "sister" planet • An instance of revolting • Planet with the most rings • A giant ball of fire and gas • The center of our solar system • The furthest planet from the sun • An area in space made of dust and gas • The largest planet in our solar system • The action of rotating around on an axis • ...

Our Solar System 2016-02-12

Our Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The center of our Solar System
  2. Mars has a abundant amount of what in its surface
  3. What planet is known as the red planet
  4. Jupiter has how mnay known moons
  5. what is the belt that has icy rocks in it
  6. Home many satellites surround Earth
  7. Between Mars and Jupiter
  8. Mercury's what has been blown off by solarwind
  9. Venus has a thin atmosphere of what
  10. is the largest moon of Jupiter
  11. How much percentage of Earth covered in water
  12. Venus has been visited by hoe many satellites
  13. is the closest dwarf planet to the sun
  14. Jupiter has how many moons
Down
  1. How hot is mercury at daytime
  2. A stream of energized charged particles
  3. Has no moons, no rings and is the closet planet to the sun h
  4. The sun has how many layers
  5. Intense electromagnetic flare which causes radio interruption on earth.
  6. Pluto is the what from the sun
  7. What planet do we live on
  8. Uranus is tilted on its what
  9. The second closes planet to the sun

23 Clues: Between Mars and Jupiter • What planet do we live on • Jupiter has how many moons • The sun has how many layers • Uranus is tilted on its what • How hot is mercury at daytime • The center of our Solar System • Pluto is the what from the sun • is the largest moon of Jupiter • Jupiter has how mnay known moons • Home many satellites surround Earth • ...

Solar System Crossword 2023-10-31

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The natural satellite of the earth (other planets have them too).
  2. The sun is composed of hydrogen and __.
  3. Sphere-shaped group of small rock and ice that are the furthest objects from the sun.
  4. The third planet from the sun.
  5. The closest planet to the sun
  6. The farthest planet from the sun
  7. Debris from comets that would be meteors if they enter earth's atmosphere.
  8. These orbit the sun and are located between Mars and Jupiter.
  9. When an object spins on its axis
  10. Disk-shaped group of small rock and ice beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  11. Force of attraction between two objects due to their masses.
Down
  1. The process in which plants create oxygen and chemical energy, which is one reason why life exists on earth.
  2. The earth is 78% __.
  3. These burn when entering the atmosphere, causing light.
  4. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are all __ planets.
  5. The earth is 21% __.
  6. These form large tails of gas and dust, melt when they near the sun, and originate from the Kuiper belt or Oort cloud.
  7. The largest and hottest object in our solar system.
  8. When an object moves around another object.
  9. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon
  10. Mercury, venus, earth, and mars are all __ planets.
  11. The collection of planets, moons, and other objects that orbit around the sun.

22 Clues: The earth is 78% __. • The earth is 21% __. • The closest planet to the sun • The third planet from the sun. • The farthest planet from the sun • When an object spins on its axis • The sun is composed of hydrogen and __. • When an object moves around another object. • The largest and hottest object in our solar system. • Mercury, venus, earth, and mars are all __ planets. • ...

Solar System Fun 2023-10-11

Solar System Fun crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A system of millions or billions of stars.
  2. The name for the four inner planets
  3. This is the largest planet
  4. The Planet that we live on
  5. Mars has these that are extinct
  6. Mercury doesn't have this
  7. This planet is red.
  8. This is the hottest planet
  9. Study of the moon,stars, and other objects.
  10. Mercury has a surface similar to this
  11. The path of an object as it revolves around another object
  12. This is the great red spot on Jupiter
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  1. It often rains this type of acid on Venus
  2. A scientist who studies the universe beyond Earth
  3. A gas giant made of hydrogen,helium, and methane.
  4. Saturns rings are made of dust and this
  5. This gives Uranus
  6. The outer planets
  7. Saturn has a lot of these
  8. A chunk of rock or dust in space
  9. Six planet from the Sun
  10. Rocky debris revolving around the Sun
  11. Energy source for all the planets
  12. This planet rotates on it's sides and has any moons
  13. The closest planet to the Sun.

25 Clues: This gives Uranus • The outer planets • This planet is red. • Six planet from the Sun • Saturn has a lot of these • Mercury doesn't have this • This is the largest planet • The Planet that we live on • This is the hottest planet • The closest planet to the Sun. • Mars has these that are extinct • A chunk of rock or dust in space • Energy source for all the planets • ...

solar system - kylah 2024-01-26

solar system - kylah crossword puzzle
Across
  1. mercury
  2. old star
  3. light deflection
  4. kirkwood gaps
  5. bright blue color
  6. trail emerges from a cloud
  7. a force acts repeatedly
  8. yellowish apperance
  9. no clouds
  10. rocky, dusty, grey color
  11. lumpy structure
  12. neptune
  13. "shooting star"
  14. dwarf planet
  15. tiny dust particles
Down
  1. giant dust and gas
  2. dark blue color
  3. jupiter
  4. H2O clouds
  5. radii disance
  6. our star
  7. rocky metallic bodies
  8. venus carbon dioxide
  9. grains
  10. blood red color
  11. neptune

26 Clues: grains • jupiter • mercury • neptune • neptune • old star • our star • no clouds • H2O clouds • dwarf planet • radii disance • kirkwood gaps • dark blue color • blood red color • lumpy structure • "shooting star" • light deflection • bright blue color • giant dust and gas • yellowish apperance • tiny dust particles • venus carbon dioxide • rocky metallic bodies • a force acts repeatedly • rocky, dusty, grey color • ...

The Solar System 2023-11-23

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Small, Cold, Hard and Rocky Planet
  2. powerful and luminous explosion of a star
  3. large telescope
  4. giant cloud of dust and gas in space
  5. the universe is ...
  6. Ziggy __________ OR David Bowie
  7. remote incandescent body like the sun
  8. an area of activity, interest, or influence
  9. particle of matter that uniquely defines a chemical element
  10. all existing matter and space considered as a whole
  11. most abundant element found in the sun and in the allende meteorite
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  1. system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
  2. You cannot walk on this planet, rather you would float.
  3. Formed when supernovas explode
  4. Cosmic background radiation explorer
  5. force that attracts a body towards the centre of the earth
  6. developing planets
  7. the only planet to roll around the sun in its orbit. The rest spin.
  8. H2
  9. new Star
  10. Planet like asteroids
  11. Italian astronomer, physicist and engineer, sometimes described as a polymath
  12. new planet
  13. another name for the universe
  14. H1

25 Clues: H2 • H1 • new Star • new planet • large telescope • developing planets • the universe is ... • Planet like asteroids • another name for the universe • Formed when supernovas explode • Ziggy __________ OR David Bowie • Small, Cold, Hard and Rocky Planet • Cosmic background radiation explorer • giant cloud of dust and gas in space • remote incandescent body like the sun • ...

Solar System Review 2023-02-27

Solar System Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The wide, outermost layer of a star's atmosphere.
  2. The distance light travels in 1 year (two words).
  3. The true brightness of an object.
  4. A large ball of gas held together by gravity with a core so hot that nuclear fusion occurs.
  5. A graph that plots luminosity vs. temperature of stars (2 initials and word).
  6. A process that occurs when the nuclei of several atoms combine into one larger nucleus (two words).
  7. Where hot gas moves up toward the surface and cooler gas moves deeper into the interior (two words).
  8. The apparent surface of a star.
  9. Theory that the universe began from one point billions of years ago and has been expanding ever since (3 words).
  10. A cloud of gas and dust.
  11. An object whose gravity is so great that no light can escape (2 words).
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  1. A measure of how bright an object appears from Earth (two words).
  2. The average distance between Earth and the Sun, about 150 million km (two words).
  3. A hot, dense, slowly cooling sphere of carbon (2 words).
  4. Matter that emits no light at any wavelength.
  5. A shell of cooler hydrogen above a star's core (two words).
  6. Huge collections of stars.
  7. The orange-red layer above the photosphere.
  8. The shift to a different wavelength (2 words).
  9. Spreads light into different wavelengths.
  10. An enormous explosion that destroys a star.
  11. A dense core of neutrons that remains after a supernova (2 words).

22 Clues: A cloud of gas and dust. • Huge collections of stars. • The apparent surface of a star. • The true brightness of an object. • Spreads light into different wavelengths. • The orange-red layer above the photosphere. • An enormous explosion that destroys a star. • Matter that emits no light at any wavelength. • The shift to a different wavelength (2 words). • ...

Solar System Crossword 2023-03-17

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The only planet with one moon.
  2. The smallest planet.
  3. Pluto's largest moon.
  4. One of Mar's moons.
  5. A huge canyon on Mars's surface.
  6. A dark blue planet with incredibly strong winds.
  7. The largest of the dwarf planets.
  8. The word for the point in space that the binary Pluto-Charon system revolves around.
  9. The number of tails most comets have as they approach the inner solar system.
  10. The nearest celestial body to the Earth.
  11. The first dwarf planet discovered and the largest asteroid in the asteroid belt.
  12. A planet that appears to "roll" through the solar system.
  13. The largest volcano on Mars.
  14. The huge area of icy bodies where most short period comets come from.
  15. A small chunk of asteroid that burns up in Earth's amtmosphere.
  16. The only moon in the solar system that revolves retrograde, or opposite, of the planet's (Neptune) motion.
  17. The largest planet.
  18. A small celestial body made primarily of rocky material.
Down
  1. A chunk of asteroid big enough that doesn't entirely burn up and strikes Earth.
  2. One of Mar's moons.
  3. The shape of all celestial bodies that revolve around the sun.
  4. A Galilean moon that definitely has water ice.
  5. The most massive dwarf planet.
  6. A small celestial body made primarily of icy material.
  7. A massive storm on Jupiter that's at least hundreds of years old.
  8. This planet would float in a bathtub
  9. The largest moon in the solar system.
  10. The giant spherical zone of icy bodies that houses long period comets and overlaps with the same zone from the next star.
  11. The hottest planet.
  12. One of Uranus's moons that's named after an impish creature from A Midsummer Night's Dream
  13. A moon of Saturn that has organic molecules on it.
  14. The location of the majority of the asteroids.
  15. The reddest planet.
  16. The number of moon's of Pluto.
  17. A small asteroid chunk that hasn't yet entered Earth's atmosphere.
  18. The third largest moon of Jupiter.
  19. The number of planets revolving around the sun.

37 Clues: One of Mar's moons. • One of Mar's moons. • The hottest planet. • The reddest planet. • The largest planet. • The smallest planet. • Pluto's largest moon. • The largest volcano on Mars. • The only planet with one moon. • The most massive dwarf planet. • The number of moon's of Pluto. • A huge canyon on Mars's surface. • The largest of the dwarf planets. • ...

Crossword Solar System 2024-03-07

Crossword Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a small rocky or metallic body in outer space
  2. the largest of the inner satellites of Jupiter
  3. one of the celestial bodies floating berween galaxies
  4. when the entire umbral shadow of the earth falls over the moon, so that the sun, earth and moon are exactly on the same line
  5. movement in trajectory
  6. the planet with the hottest temperature
  7. The object that revolves around the planet
  8. the rotational movement of the planet Earth on its axis
Down
  1. A planet that is located the farthest from the sun
  2. the fifth planet from the sun and the largest in the solar system
  3. A planet that has the most satellites
  4. planet known as the red planet
  5. A planet that has no satellites
  6. a planet outside the solar system
  7. the planet where we live
  8. the coldest planet
  9. a celestial body that is in orbit around the sun
  10. celestial bodies that revolve around the sun in an orbit
  11. celestial bodies that are in the form of small fragments and move around the sun
  12. the center of the solar system

20 Clues: the coldest planet • movement in trajectory • the planet where we live • planet known as the red planet • the center of the solar system • A planet that has no satellites • a planet outside the solar system • A planet that has the most satellites • the planet with the hottest temperature • The object that revolves around the planet • ...

Solar Eclipse 2024 2024-04-08

Solar Eclipse 2024 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. type of eclipse when the moon does not fully cover the sun
  2. the star around which the earth orbits
  3. the third planet from the sun <3
  4. to place or arrange (things) in a straight line
  5. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow
  6. when the sun is 100% covered by the moon
  7. a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
  8. approximate percent of totality in NYS
  9. the shell of thin gas that extends out some distance from the Sun’s surface normally visible only during totality.
  10. the less dark outer region of the Moon’s shadow
  11. stands for National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  12. _______ ring-when a small portion of the Sun’s disk plus its corona produce an effect similar to a ring with a brilliant diamond
Down
  1. the blocking of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
  2. when Earth orbits around the sun
  3. when Earth spins on its axis at a rate of 15deg/hour
  4. type of eclipse when the moon blocks the sun during its orbit around Earth
  5. eclipse _______ used to protect your eyes from sun damage
  6. the movement of vehicles or people along roads (there will be more of this due to eclipse)
  7. the natural satellite of the earth, visible (mostly at night) by reflected light from the sun
  8. Bailey's _______-when only a few points of sunlight are visible at the edge of the Moon
  9. type of complete shadow resulting from TOTAL obstruction of light

21 Clues: when Earth orbits around the sun • the third planet from the sun <3 • the star around which the earth orbits • approximate percent of totality in NYS • when the sun is 100% covered by the moon • to place or arrange (things) in a straight line • the less dark outer region of the Moon’s shadow • when Earth spins on its axis at a rate of 15deg/hour • ...

The Solar System 2024-05-28

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Galilean (I)
  2. The Star
  3. Black and White
  4. Son of Poseidon
  5. Galilean (G)
  6. Outer Belt
  7. Shape-Shifting
  8. Sea
  9. Luna
  10. Funny Name
  11. King of the Fairies
  12. Snowy Land
  13. War
  14. Panic
  15. The Mermaid
  16. Dense Atmosphere
  17. Death
  18. Home
Down
  1. Daughter of Prospero
  2. Strife
  3. Largest
  4. Rings
  5. Of The Lock
  6. Fear
  7. Queen of the Fairies
  8. Speed
  9. Galilean (E)
  10. Sea Nymphs
  11. Love
  12. Galilean (C)
  13. Inner Belt

31 Clues: Sea • War • Fear • Luna • Love • Home • Rings • Speed • Panic • Death • Strife • Largest • The Star • Outer Belt • Funny Name • Sea Nymphs • Snowy Land • Inner Belt • Of The Lock • The Mermaid • Galilean (I) • Galilean (G) • Galilean (E) • Galilean (C) • Shape-Shifting • Black and White • Son of Poseidon • Dense Atmosphere • King of the Fairies • Daughter of Prospero • Queen of the Fairies

The Solar System 2023-06-08

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Only Planet With Life
  2. People Who Go To Space
  3. The closest star
  4. The Sideways Planet
  5. A Rock Between Mars And Jupiter
  6. A Small Object That Orbits A Planet
  7. Rocky And Red
  8. The Coldest Planet
  9. A Space Station People Live In
  10. The First Gas Planet
  11. First Planet
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  1. First Man On The Moon
  2. A Giant Storm On Jupiter
  3. Planets And The Sun Created This
  4. Bright And Hot
  5. Ice And Dust With A Blue Tail
  6. _____ Is A Dwarf Planet
  7. A Person Who Discovered The Earth Is Spinning
  8. A Team That Launched Astronauts
  9. The Galaxy We Live In
  10. Created Everything
  11. Famous For Its Rings

22 Clues: First Planet • Rocky And Red • Bright And Hot • The closest star • The Coldest Planet • Created Everything • The Sideways Planet • Famous For Its Rings • The First Gas Planet • First Man On The Moon • Only Planet With Life • The Galaxy We Live In • People Who Go To Space • _____ Is A Dwarf Planet • A Giant Storm On Jupiter • Ice And Dust With A Blue Tail • A Space Station People Live In • ...

Solar System Vocab 2023-01-24

Solar System Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The amount of gravitational pull between two objects.
  2. A collection of stars and their solar systems that are gravitationally bound to one another.
  3. A scientist who studies objects and events beyond Earth’s atmosphere, such as the movement of stars and planets.
  4. A star and all of the objects that orbit it.
  5. A sequence of events that repeats.
  6. The different shapes of the Moon visible from Earth.
  7. A push or a pull.
  8. A natural phenomenon that causes objects to be attracted to each other based on each object’s mass and the distance between them.
  9. The mixture of gases that surrounds a planet.
  10. Information that supports or refutes a claim.
  11. When the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun such that the Moon’s shadow causes some places on Earth to experience darkness during daytime.
Down
  1. When the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow.
  2. A flat two-dimensional plane where a space object is at any point in its orbit.
  3. The angle of Earth’s axis(approximately 23.5 degrees from perpendicular) relative to Earth’s orbital plane around the Sun.
  4. The amount of matter in an object.
  5. A desirable outcome given up to gain another desirable outcome.
  6. The imaginary line around which an object spins, or rotates.
  7. Rockets, satellites, probes, space stations, and space shuttles that carry various tools and equipment to gather data about space and space objects.
  8. The ratio of the size of a real object to the size of a model, map, diagram, or other representation of that object.
  9. the mean, or average, distance between Earth and the Sun.
  10. Something that happens in a repeated and predictable way.
  11. Any description or measurement gathered by the senses or instruments.
  12. A curved path that a space object takes around a star, planet, or moon.

23 Clues: A push or a pull. • The amount of matter in an object. • A sequence of events that repeats. • When the Moon passes into Earth’s shadow. • A star and all of the objects that orbit it. • The mixture of gases that surrounds a planet. • Information that supports or refutes a claim. • The different shapes of the Moon visible from Earth. • ...

7H Solar System 2022-05-18

7H Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The rocky object which orbits the earth
  2. The closest planet to the Sun
  3. The Earth is tiled on its ____
  4. The closest galaxy to The Milky Way
  5. An object which orbits something else
  6. The period in 24h when the sun is on the same side of the earth as you
  7. A word which describes the shape of the northern or southern region of the Earth
  8. The largest star in our solar system
  9. Objects look smaller as their _________ increases
  10. This increases or decreases depending on closeness to the sun
  11. A word to describe objects such as stars, which give off their own light
  12. Caused by the northern and southern hemispheres pointing towards or away from the sun
Down
  1. A collection of stars
  2. The force which pulls objects towards the centre of the Earth
  3. Used to be classed as a planet, but is now classed as a dwarf planet
  4. The period in 24h when the sun is on the opposite side of the earth to you
  5. the length of time it takes Earth to orbit the sun fully
  6. This decreases on planets with weaker gravity and increases on planets with stronger gravity
  7. The largest type of star
  8. An objects which allows us to see objects further away than the eye can see
  9. The fourth planet from the sun
  10. The seventh planet from the sun

22 Clues: A collection of stars • The largest type of star • The closest planet to the Sun • The Earth is tiled on its ____ • The fourth planet from the sun • The seventh planet from the sun • The closest galaxy to The Milky Way • The largest star in our solar system • An object which orbits something else • The rocky object which orbits the earth • ...

The Solar System 2025-02-21

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 365 or 366 days
  2. spinning of an object on its axis
  3. path an object makes as it goes around
  4. force that pulls objects towards eachother
  5. different shapes of the moon
  6. 3rd planet from the sun
  7. Center of our solar system
  8. an imaginary line
  9. Earth's natural satellite
  10. none of the moon is lit
  11. divides the north and south hemisphere
  12. the phase before the third quarter
  13. four divisions of the year
Down
  1. small crescent lit on the left side of the moon
  2. the angle of the Earth's axis
  3. the left half of the moon is lit
  4. Earth's shadow covers the moon
  5. whole moon is lit
  6. Earth's ______ around the sun takes 1 year
  7. the phase before the full moon
  8. moon blocks the sunlight
  9. 24 hours

22 Clues: 24 hours • 365 or 366 days • whole moon is lit • an imaginary line • 3rd planet from the sun • none of the moon is lit • moon blocks the sunlight • Earth's natural satellite • Center of our solar system • four divisions of the year • different shapes of the moon • the angle of the Earth's axis • Earth's shadow covers the moon • the phase before the full moon • ...

The Solar System 2024-11-06

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a little chunk of rock in space
  2. a planet that floats between stars or one that orbits a star outside our solar system
  3. Objects that are round and orbit the sun, just like planets do.
  4. the curved path that a planet, satellite or spacecraft moves
  5. the circle around a planet or moon that is the same distance from its north pole and its south pole
  6. Percy Jackson's dad
  7. the streak of light caused when a meteoroid enters a planet's atmosphere
  8. a natural object that travels around a bigger natural object
  9. big hunks of rock and metal
  10. the gases held by gravity around a planet
  11. a large body in space that circles around the sun or another star
  12. the star at the center of our solar system
  13. one of the largest moons in the solar system
  14. source of long-term comets
  15. a force that pulls matter together
  16. Exists thanks to Jupiter
Down
  1. source of short-term comets
  2. a meteoroid that lands on the surface of a planet
  3. Where you live
  4. Dirty snowballs
  5. the other Martian moon
  6. Has 4 Galilean Moons
  7. a large bowl shaped dent in the ground caused by a meteorite
  8. the constant stream of particles and energy emitted by the sun
  9. The Red Planet
  10. Roman Goddess of Beauty
  11. The planet closest to the Sun
  12. one of Mars moon's
  13. A Disney dog
  14. The Jupiter moon that has more water than Earth
  15. Beyonce would love this planet
  16. Stop pronouncing it wrong

32 Clues: A Disney dog • Where you live • The Red Planet • Dirty snowballs • one of Mars moon's • Percy Jackson's dad • Has 4 Galilean Moons • the other Martian moon • Roman Goddess of Beauty • Exists thanks to Jupiter • Stop pronouncing it wrong • source of long-term comets • source of short-term comets • big hunks of rock and metal • The planet closest to the Sun • Beyonce would love this planet • ...

The Solar System 2025-04-23

The Solar System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Force that holds the Sun together
  2. This is the area of the solar system where comets can often be found
  3. A comet tail can be 150 million km long but still fit in what container
  4. What planet is sometimes completely engulfed by dust storms
  5. This planet's magnetic field adds to Earth's magnetic field
  6. Has a 610 degree Celsius change between day and night
  7. probe that took pictures of Jupiter in 1980
  8. the direction the sun sets on Venus
  9. distance from the Earth to the Sun
  10. known as the Evening Star and the Morning Star
  11. Powered by thermonuclear fusion reactions
  12. has jet streams that reach speeds of 625km/hr
  13. has an atmosphere similar to primordial Earth
  14. Pluto forms a binary dwarf planet system with this object
  15. These may be made from destroyed comets and moons
  16. This gas may give a planet a bluish green color
  17. It's atmosphere comes and goes depending on it's location in orbit
  18. The comet in the picture
  19. huge structures that deformed the round shape of Mars
  20. Jovian moon that may have a layer of water under the surface
  21. this planet has the strongest winds in the solar system
Down
  1. When Mercury cooled it shrank causing these formations
  2. the name of the one natural satellite of the only planet that has only one
  3. Outermost layer of the Sun that creates the solar winds
  4. the number of planets with ring systems
  5. the largest volcanic mountain in the solar system
  6. these grow at the same rate that the N.American continent crosses the Pacific
  7. The Great Red Spot is one
  8. These make up most of Saturn's rings
  9. The surface of the Sun
  10. The Great Dark Spot may be this type of storm
  11. they contain a nucleus, a coma and a tail
  12. This planet was once thought to be a comet
  13. they can be found between Mars and Jupiter
  14. Mercury has a large core of this stuff
  15. The spacecraft that mapped most of Venus
  16. The Red Planet has markings that were thought to be similar to what manmade structures
  17. The fifth largest planet in the solar system
  18. This craft dropped a probe into the Jovian atmosphere in 1995
  19. This stuff likely caused the smooth plains found on Mercury
  20. This protects Venus from small meteorites
  21. probe that took pictures of Neptune in 1989
  22. This moon may have been captured by Neptune

43 Clues: The surface of the Sun • The comet in the picture • The Great Red Spot is one • Force that holds the Sun together • distance from the Earth to the Sun • the direction the sun sets on Venus • These make up most of Saturn's rings • Mercury has a large core of this stuff • the number of planets with ring systems • The spacecraft that mapped most of Venus • ...

Solar System Crossword 2025-05-13

Solar System Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the first type of crescent in the moon phase cycle
  2. the center of the sun
  3. the force of attraction between two objects
  4. the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere
  5. huge, reddish loops of gas that link sunspots
  6. the total number of moon phases
  7. the reason why Earth orbits the sun (has to do with gravity)
  8. atoms combine to form heavier atoms which happens in the sun's core
Down
  1. the closest planet to the sun
  2. the reason why the moon orbits Earth (has to do with gravity)
  3. the outer four planets (large, made of gas)
  4. one of five dwarf planets in the solar system
  5. the orbiting of Earth around the sun
  6. the type of eclipse where Earth blocks light from the moon at night
  7. the spinning of earth on its axis
  8. areas of cooler gas on the sun's surface that appear as dark spots
  9. the shape of the 4th and 6th moon phases (2nd word)
  10. the first four planets (small, dense, rocky)
  11. the planet that is covered in liquid water
  12. the type of eclipse where the moon blocks light from Earth during the day

20 Clues: the center of the sun • the closest planet to the sun • the total number of moon phases • the spinning of earth on its axis • the orbiting of Earth around the sun • the planet that is covered in liquid water • the outer four planets (large, made of gas) • the force of attraction between two objects • the outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere • ...

Solar System Model 2025-09-12

Solar System Model crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest moon of Neptune.
  2. Number of rings Uranus has.
  3. The only moon know to have an atmosphere.
  4. Average distance between the Sun and the Earth.
  5. The Roman God of Agriculture.
  6. Volcano on Mars.
  7. Roman God of the Sea.
  8. Caused by the swirling motion of the Earth's liquid core.
  9. The surface of the Sun.
  10. Mercury is rich in this metal.
  11. One of the largest asteroids in the asteroid belt.
Down
  1. Objects found past the Kuiper Belt.
  2. Largest dwarf planet.
  3. Cause by 23.5 tilt of Earth axis.
  4. First Uranian moon to be discovered.
  5. Discovered four main moons of Jupiter.
  6. Moon likely to collide with Mars.
  7. Largest Moon in the Solar System.
  8. Galaxy closest to Milky way is known as a large...
  9. Venus is also know as...
  10. Caused by the moon's gravitational pull.
  11. Moon of Mars.
  12. Arm Band of the Milky Way in which Solar System is found.

23 Clues: Moon of Mars. • Volcano on Mars. • Largest dwarf planet. • Roman God of the Sea. • The surface of the Sun. • Largest moon of Neptune. • Venus is also know as... • Number of rings Uranus has. • The Roman God of Agriculture. • Mercury is rich in this metal. • Cause by 23.5 tilt of Earth axis. • Moon likely to collide with Mars. • Largest Moon in the Solar System. • ...

SOLAR SYSTEM REVIEW! 2026-02-26

SOLAR SYSTEM REVIEW! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who is trained to travel into space.
  2. A bowl-shaped hole on a moon or planet made by a space rock.
  3. The invisible force that pulls objects toward each other.
  4. The third planet from the Sun and the one we live on.
  5. Known as the Red Planet.
  6. Once the ninth planet, it is now called a dwarf planet.
  7. A tool used to see far away objects in the sky.
  8. The cold, blue-green planet that spins on its side.
  9. The big star at the center of our solar system.
Down
  1. The windy, blue planet farthest from the Sun.
  2. A giant ball of hot, glowing gas in space.
  3. A vehicle used to fly into space.
  4. The largest planet in our solar system.
  5. The path a planet takes around the Sun.
  6. The planet closest to the Sun.
  7. A huge group of stars, gas, and dust held together.
  8. The natural object that circles the Earth at night.
  9. The planet famous for its bright, beautiful rings.
  10. The hottest planet in our solar system.
  11. A "dirty snowball" made of ice and dust with a long tail.

20 Clues: Known as the Red Planet. • The planet closest to the Sun. • A vehicle used to fly into space. • The largest planet in our solar system. • The path a planet takes around the Sun. • The hottest planet in our solar system. • A giant ball of hot, glowing gas in space. • The windy, blue planet farthest from the Sun. • A person who is trained to travel into space. • ...

Solar System Review 2026-03-26

Solar System Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The phase of the moon that is occurring when the moon appears half lit (light is on the right)
  2. The sun is 110 times the diameter of the Earth and about 4.6 _________ years old
  3. Early astronomers believed that _________________ was at the center of the solar system
  4. The season Virginia experiences when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted away from the sun
  5. The four planets farthest away from the sun
  6. Earth's protective atmosphere helps to block out damaging rays from the ___________
  7. The phase of the moon that is occurring when the moon appears half lit (light is on the left)
  8. The four planets closest to the sun
  9. Our moon is a small, rocky satellite with extremes of ________________
  10. The season's on Earth are caused by Earth's _______ on its axis as it revolves around the sun
  11. It takes Earth one ________ to make one rotation around its axis
  12. The season Virginia experiences when the Northern Hemisphere is tilted toward the sun
Down
  1. Largest planet in our solar system, with colored cloud patterns caused by enormous storms in its atmosphere
  2. The phase of the moon that is occurring when the moon appears completely dark
  3. Only planet in our system to spin on its side
  4. The parts of the Earth that are closest and farthest from the moon experience this kind of tide
  5. The phases of the moon are caused by the reflection of __________ off the moon's surface
  6. No longer included on the list of planets in our solar system due to its small size and irregular orbit
  7. The phase of the moon that is occurring when the moon appears fully lit
  8. It takes Earth one _________ to make one revolution around the sun
  9. The phases of the moon are responsible for the changes in _____________
  10. Smallest planet in our solar system

22 Clues: The four planets closest to the sun • Smallest planet in our solar system • The four planets farthest away from the sun • Only planet in our system to spin on its side • It takes Earth one ________ to make one rotation around its axis • It takes Earth one _________ to make one revolution around the sun • ...

Solar System Questions 2026-01-22

Solar System Questions crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Circles around some planets
  2. Blue planet with lots of water
  3. Icy object with a tail
  4. Objects that move around the Sun
  5. Closest planet to the Sun
  6. Path of a planet
  7. Rock that reaches Earth’s surface
  8. Object that orbits a planet
  9. Movement of Earth around the Sun
  10. Center of the Solar System
  11. Provides energy for life
  12. Caused by Earth’s revolution
  13. Force that pulls objects together
  14. Small rock in space
  15. Known as the Red Planet
  16. Tail Always points away from the Sun
  17. Rocky objects in space
  18. Planet Small planet-like object
  19. System Group of planets orbiting the Sun
Down
  1. Spinning of Earth on its axis
  2. Twin Another name for Venus
  3. Largest planet in the Solar System
  4. Way Our home galaxy
  5. Planets Planets far from the Sun
  6. Eclipse Moon blocks the Sun
  7. Belt Area beyond Neptune
  8. Exists because of the Sun
  9. Famous dwarf planet
  10. Burning rock in Earth’s atmosphere
  11. Blocking of light in space
  12. Eclipse Earth blocks the Moon
  13. Belt Area between Mars and Jupiter
  14. Hottest planet
  15. Tool to observe space
  16. Keeps Earth warm
  17. Earth’s natural satellite
  18. Large group of stars
  19. Planets Planets close to the Sun
  20. Planet famous for rings
  21. and Night Caused by Earth’s rotation

40 Clues: Hottest planet • Path of a planet • Keeps Earth warm • Famous dwarf planet • Small rock in space • Large group of stars • Tool to observe space • Icy object with a tail • Rocky objects in space • Known as the Red Planet • Planet famous for rings • Provides energy for life • Exists because of the Sun • Closest planet to the Sun • Earth’s natural satellite • Blocking of light in space • ...

Space 2022-02-08

Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the imaginary line that goes from the north to the south pole
  2. the planet closest to the sun
  3. the moon goes through ______ that cause it to appear to change
  4. the planet usually displayed with rings
  5. the season when shadows are longer
  6. a time of day when shadows are longer
  7. the phase of the moon when it is fully lit up
  8. the movement of the earth around the sun
  9. a group of stars that make a pattern
Down
  1. the season when shadows are shorter
  2. the force of attraction between any objects that have mass
  3. the planet named for the roman god of the sea
  4. the spin of the earth on its axis
  5. the largest planet in the solar system
  6. the phase of the moon when it is almost fully in shadow
  7. the second planet in the solar system
  8. the coldest planet in the solar system
  9. the time of day when shadows are shortest
  10. the red planet

19 Clues: the red planet • the planet closest to the sun • the spin of the earth on its axis • the season when shadows are longer • the season when shadows are shorter • a group of stars that make a pattern • the second planet in the solar system • a time of day when shadows are longer • the largest planet in the solar system • the coldest planet in the solar system • ...

Space adventure 2025-02-20

Space adventure crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
  2. The path an object follows around a planet or star
  3. The star at the center of our solar system
  4. A rocky or metallic body that orbits the Sun
  5. The planet known as the Red Planet
  6. A natural satellite that orbits a planet
  7. layer of gases surrounding Earth
  8. A bright streak of light in the sky caused by a meteoroid burning up
  9. A large ball of burning gas in space
  10. A group of stars that form a recognizable pattern
  11. A spacecraft that carries people and supplies to space
  12. The force that pulls objects toward each other
Down
  1. The planet with rings around it
  2. The first person to walk on the moon, Neil ________
  3. A tool used to see distant objects in space
  4. system A system of planets orbiting a star
  5. The coldest and farthest planet in our solar system
  6. way The name of our galaxy
  7. The study of space, stars, and planets

19 Clues: way The name of our galaxy • The planet with rings around it • layer of gases surrounding Earth • The planet known as the Red Planet • A large ball of burning gas in space • The study of space, stars, and planets • A natural satellite that orbits a planet • The star at the center of our solar system • A tool used to see distant objects in space • ...

El sistema solar 2024-11-22

El sistema solar crossword puzzle
Across
  1. El planeta mas cercano al sol
  2. El planeta rojo
  3. El planeta que esta de costado
  4. es sinónimo de universo
  5. El planeta donde vivimos
  6. Estrella luminosa, centro del sistema planetario en que está situada la Tierra
  7. cuerpo natural que gira alrededor de un planeta
  8. El movimiento que tienen los planetas alrededor del sol
  9. El planeta que Tiene anillos
  10. Trayectoria que describe un cuerpo alrededor del sol
  11. La capa gaseosa que rodea la Tierra
Down
  1. El planeta mas grande del sistema solar
  2. El planeta mas alejado del sistema solar
  3. son enormes bolas de gas que brillan en el cielo
  4. lo que hace que se unan entre sí trozos de materia, para formar planetas, lunas y estrellas
  5. cuerpo celeste constituido por polvo, rocas y partículas de hielo que orbita alrededor del Sol
  6. El planeta mas ardiente del sistema solar
  7. pequeños objetos rocosos que orbitan alrededor del Sol
  8. El movimiento que tienen los planetas sobre su propio eje

19 Clues: El planeta rojo • es sinónimo de universo • El planeta donde vivimos • El planeta que Tiene anillos • El planeta mas cercano al sol • El planeta que esta de costado • La capa gaseosa que rodea la Tierra • El planeta mas grande del sistema solar • El planeta mas alejado del sistema solar • El planeta mas ardiente del sistema solar • ...

Astronomy 2015-08-27

Astronomy crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A large system of stars in outer space.
  2. The area outside the earth’s atmosphere including planets and stars
  3. Have an origin from outside of the Earth's atmosphere, from space, or from another planet.
  4. An area in space that nothing, not even light, can escape from.
  5. Second largest planet with a large ring.
  6. Seventh planet in our solar system.
  7. The largest planet in the solar system
  8. A piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the night sky
  9. A very bright star with tail that occasionally flies by the Earth.
  10. The whole space and everthing in it, including stars and planets.
Down
  1. An electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth.
  2. This used to be the ninth planet in the solar system.
  3. The study of planets, stars, and all things in the universe.
  4. This planet was named after the God of the Sea.
  5. Small, bright objects that we see in the sky at night.
  6. The round object that moves around the earth.
  7. The second planet from the Sun.
  8. The smallest planet in the solar system.
  9. Earth is the only (...) where life has been found.
  10. A person travelling and working in a spacecraft.
  11. The planet that we live on.
  12. Creatures, or life forms that come from outer space.
  13. We often call it “the Red Planet”.
  14. Very hot star that shines during the day and gives the earth heat and light.

24 Clues: The planet that we live on. • The second planet from the Sun. • We often call it “the Red Planet”. • Seventh planet in our solar system. • The largest planet in the solar system • A large system of stars in outer space. • The smallest planet in the solar system. • Second largest planet with a large ring. • The round object that moves around the earth. • ...

Sun and Space Crossword 2019-01-03

Sun and Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The area between objects in space.
  2. The object that blocks the sun in a solar eclipse.
  3. The sun is a _ that anchors our solar system.
  4. The shape of the sun.
  5. The sun's _ is a form of energy.
  6. Used to be the smallest, ninth planet.
  7. The moon doesn't make light of its own, it _ the light of the sun.
  8. Keeps our feet on the ground and the planets going around the sun.
  9. Column of light.
  10. Sunlight makes you feel _.
  11. The hottest planet.
  12. The sun is really _ even when it's cold on earth.
  13. Our _ makes Vitamin D when sun shines directly on it.
Down
  1. _ make up the sun, so its surface never stays the same.
  2. Sunlight can _ your skin even when it's not hot.
  3. 365 is the number of _ it takes Earth to orbit the sun.
  4. A planet follows an orbital _ around the sun.
  5. The name we call the planet we live on.
  6. The closest planet to the sun.
  7. The number of planets that orbit our sun.
  8. The pattern of a smaller object going around a bigger space object.
  9. The Milky Way _ is the home for our solar system.
  10. The sun is so _ that you can't stare at it.
  11. _ can block the sun from view.
  12. _ energy is a sustainable way to power things on earth.
  13. The sun sets in the _.
  14. Really bright sun in your _ will make you squint.

27 Clues: Column of light. • The hottest planet. • The shape of the sun. • The sun sets in the _. • Sunlight makes you feel _. • The closest planet to the sun. • _ can block the sun from view. • The sun's _ is a form of energy. • The area between objects in space. • Used to be the smallest, ninth planet. • The name we call the planet we live on. • The number of planets that orbit our sun. • ...

Sun and Space Crossword 2019-01-03

Sun and Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The closest planet to the sun.
  2. 365 is the number of _ it takes Earth to orbit the sun.
  3. _ can block the sun from view.
  4. The sun is so _ that you can't stare at it.
  5. The sun is really _ even when it's cold on earth.
  6. _ energy is a sustainable way to power things on earth.
  7. The shape of the sun.
  8. Column of light.
  9. The sun's _ is a form of energy.
  10. Really bright sun in your _ will make you squint.
  11. The name we call the planet we live on.
  12. The pattern of a smaller object going around a bigger space object.
  13. The hottest planet.
Down
  1. Keeps our feet on the ground and the planets going around the sun.
  2. A planet follows an orbital _ around the sun.
  3. The moon doesn't make light of its own, it _ the light of the sun.
  4. The sun is a _ that anchors our solar system.
  5. Used to be the smallest, ninth planet.
  6. _ make up the sun, so its surface never stays the same.
  7. The Milky Way _ is the home for our solar system.
  8. Sunlight makes you feel _.
  9. The area between objects in space.
  10. The number of planets that orbit our sun.
  11. The object that blocks the sun in a solar eclipse.
  12. The sun sets in the _.
  13. Sunlight can _ your skin even when it's not hot.
  14. Our _ makes Vitamin D when sun shines directly on it.

27 Clues: Column of light. • The hottest planet. • The shape of the sun. • The sun sets in the _. • Sunlight makes you feel _. • The closest planet to the sun. • _ can block the sun from view. • The sun's _ is a form of energy. • The area between objects in space. • Used to be the smallest, ninth planet. • The name we call the planet we live on. • The number of planets that orbit our sun. • ...

Space Science 2024-11-24

Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the telescope and scientist who worked on evidence for the big bang
  2. a huge collection of stars
  3. the big bag theory can be though of as a massive _______ followed by rapid expansion
  4. the name of the galaxy our solar system belongs to (2 words with a space)
  5. the kind of star our sun is (2 words with a space)
  6. the only planet known to support life
  7. evidence from distant galaxies as they move away from us that supports the big bang theory
  8. a planet that belong to planetary systems beyond the solar system are known as
  9. the largest planet in our solar system
  10. the system earth belongs to
Down
  1. a _______ system is a star orbited by one or more planets
  2. the type or shape of the milky way galaxy
  3. the universe consists of more than 100 _________ galaxies
  4. the universe was born _________ point seven billion years ago
  5. this kind of background radiation is a remnant of the big bang and exists still today as evidence that supports it
  6. an immensely powerful object at the center of our galaxy (2 words with a space)
  7. the term given to an explosion of a star at the end of its life
  8. there is evidence that supports the universe is not only still expanding but at a ________ rate
  9. the theory that explains the origins of the universe (2 words with a space)
  10. the closest planet to our sun

20 Clues: a huge collection of stars • the system earth belongs to • the closest planet to our sun • the only planet known to support life • the largest planet in our solar system • the type or shape of the milky way galaxy • the kind of star our sun is (2 words with a space) • a _______ system is a star orbited by one or more planets • ...

Universo y cosmos 2025-03-21

Universo y cosmos crossword puzzle
Across
  1. fuerza de atracción que ejercen los cuerpos con masa entre sí.
  2. nube de gas y polvo en el espacio donde pueden formarse estrellas.
  3. bang teoría que explica el origen del universo a partir de una gran explosión inicial.
  4. rocas espaciales que orbitan alrededor del Sol, principalmente en el cinturón de asteroides.
  5. planeta del sistema solar donde habitamos, el único conocido con vida.
  6. agrupaciones enormes de estrellas, gas, polvo y materia oscura unidas por gravedad.
  7. ciencia que estudia los cuerpos celestes y el universo.
  8. conjunto de creencias o teorías sobre el origen del universo.
  9. cuerpos celestes que giran alrededor de una estrella y no emiten luz propia.
  10. conjunto de todo lo que existe, incluyendo galaxias, estrellas, planetas, materia y energía.
Down
  1. conjuntos de estrellas que forman figuras imaginarias en el cielo.
  2. lactea galaxia en la que se encuentra el sistema solar y la Tierra.
  3. trayectoria que sigue un cuerpo alrededor de otro debido a la gravedad.
  4. movimiento de un cuerpo al girar sobre su propio eje.
  5. movimiento de un cuerpo al girar alrededor de otro cuerpo, como la Tierra alrededor del Sol.
  6. solar conjunto de planetas y otros cuerpos que giran alrededor del Sol.
  7. satélite natural de la Tierra que la acompaña en su órbita.
  8. cuerpos celestes que emiten luz y calor debido a reacciones nucleares en su interior.
  9. fenómeno en el que un cuerpo celeste bloquea la luz de otro.
  10. planeta rocoso del sistema solar, conocido como el planeta rojo.

20 Clues: movimiento de un cuerpo al girar sobre su propio eje. • ciencia que estudia los cuerpos celestes y el universo. • satélite natural de la Tierra que la acompaña en su órbita. • fenómeno en el que un cuerpo celeste bloquea la luz de otro. • conjunto de creencias o teorías sobre el origen del universo. • fuerza de atracción que ejercen los cuerpos con masa entre sí. • ...

Sun and Space Crossword 2019-01-03

Sun and Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The closest planet to the sun.
  2. _ can block the sun from view.
  3. The name we call the planet we live on.
  4. The hottest planet.
  5. The pattern of a smaller object going around a bigger space object.
  6. The shape of the sun.
  7. _ make up the sun, so its surface never stays the same.
  8. The sun is really _ even when it's cold on earth.
  9. The Milky Way _ is the home for our solar system.
  10. Column of light.
  11. Our _ makes Vitamin D when sun shines directly on it.
  12. Sunlight makes you feel _.
  13. Really bright sun in your _ will make you squint.
  14. The sun's _ is a form of energy.
  15. Used to be the smallest, ninth planet.
  16. The sun sets in the _.
Down
  1. Keeps our feet on the ground and the planets going around the sun.
  2. The moon doesn't make light of its own, it _ the light of the sun.
  3. Sunlight can _ your skin even when it's not hot.
  4. _ energy is a sustainable way to power things on earth.
  5. The sun is so _ that you can't stare at it.
  6. The sun is a _ that anchors our solar system.
  7. 365 is the number of _ it takes Earth to orbit the sun.
  8. The object that blocks the sun in a solar eclipse.
  9. The area between objects in space.
  10. The number of planets that orbit our sun.
  11. A planet follows an orbital _ around the sun.

27 Clues: Column of light. • The hottest planet. • The shape of the sun. • The sun sets in the _. • Sunlight makes you feel _. • The closest planet to the sun. • _ can block the sun from view. • The sun's _ is a form of energy. • The area between objects in space. • Used to be the smallest, ninth planet. • The name we call the planet we live on. • The number of planets that orbit our sun. • ...