Planets and Asteriods
Across
- 7. Venus is the hottest planet because this gas.
- 8. the terrestrial planets are composed of rock and _________.
- 9. the NEAR spacecraft was the first to land on Eros, an ___________.
- 10. one of two gases that makeup Jupiter & Saturn.
- 11. the type of gas that the sun formed from.
- 14. the asteroid belt is found between Jupiter and _______.
- 16. a meteor that crashed on Earth.
- 17. 80% of the atmosphere of Neptune’s moon Triton (and Earth).
- 18. density of Venus' atmosphere is one ________ times Earth's.
- 19. the clouds of Venus contain this acid.
Down
- 1. our solar system originated in a ...
- 2. Mars is red because of an oxide of this element.
- 3. one of two gases that makeup Jupiter & Saturn.
- 4. a little rock in space.
- 5. why Uranas and Neptune are aqua color.
- 6. the Sun started out as a cloud of gas that condensed by this force.
- 10. density of Mars' atmosphere is one ________ of Earth's.
- 12. the Moon and this planet are very similar.
- 13. the Earth and this planet are almost the same diameter.
- 15. the moons of Mars are probably captured ____________.