Planets and etc.
Across
- 2. A think disk of small particles of ice and rock
- 4. The smallest terrestrial planet and the planet closest to the sun
- 9. A region of the solar system between mars and Jupiter.
- 10. Has a thick atmosphere an usual patter of rotation
- 12. The inner planets are often called?
- 13. Extends to about 100 times Earths distance form the sun
- 14. Are rocky objects, most of which are to small and too numerous to be considered planets or dwarf planets
- 15. Has liquid water and a suitable temperature range and atmosphere for living things to survive
Down
- 1. Stretches out more than 1000 times the distance
- 3. Trapping heat by the atmosphere is called?
- 5. A solid inner core of a comet
- 6. Clouds of gas and dust form a fuzzy other layer called?
- 7. Chunks of rock or dust smaller than asteroids are called?
- 8. The outer planets are so much larger and do not have solid surfaces they are often called?
- 11. Loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles whose orbits can be very long, narrow ellipses