Inner Planets Crossword
Across
- 3. The average daily temperature on this planet is 465 degrees celsius
- 7. The moons of Mars are _____________ and Deimos
- 9. the surface of the earth is broken into _________ plates that move around
- 10. 5800 degrees Kelvin is the temperature of the ___________ of the sun
- 12. The length of a _____ on the sun varies from the poles to the equators
- 14. The temperature of the core of the sun is ____ million degrees Kelvin
- 18. The nickname for Earth is the Big Blue _____________
- 19. The outermost layer of the sun
- 22. Mars is the ______ planet from the sun
- 24. This layer of mars is 65 km thick on Earth side and 150 km on the far side
Down
- 1. The Red planet
- 2. The longer nickname for the sun
- 4. 77% of Earth's atmosphere is made of ______________
- 5. 100 here on earth would be 90 on Venus
- 6. The nighttime temperature of this planet is -173 degrees C
- 8. The layer of Earth that is made of liquid iron and nickel
- 11. The first spacecraft to visit Venus was the _____________ 2
- 13. The length of a _______ on Mercury is 87.9 Earth days
- 15. The core of Earth and most of the inner planets is composted mostly of iron and _______
- 16. most of the inner planets have three layers, the crust, _______ and core
- 17. The main reason life can exist on Earth
- 20. The surface of Earth is mainly ____________ and other silicates
- 21. The nickname for mercury is the ________ planet
- 23. Made of 70% Hydrogen and 28% Helium, provides energy for solar system