Earth and Space Crossword Puzzle by Xiwen Hou
Across
- 2. the farthest planet from the sun in the solar system
- 4. a natural display of lights, also called northern/ southern lights
- 5. the sun and all the planets and their moons,asteroids and comets that orbit around it
- 7. seven visible rings surround this planet
- 9. the final stage of a small star
- 10. a unit of length that represents about 9 trillion km
- 12. nothing can escape from this region due to the gravitational strength
Down
- 1. meteoroids that reach Earth's surface
- 3. the only planet with two moons
- 6. the death/explosion of a medium star
- 7. when the moon covers the sun (partially of fully)
- 8. an explanation of how the universe came to be
- 11. a vast group of stars, with gas and dust bounded together by gravity
- 13. cosmic balls made up of frozen gases, rocks and dust that can be found in the solar system