Planets Crossword
Across
- 2. The only planet in the Solar System that has life
- 3. Everything that exists including planets, stars, galaxies and all forms of matter and energy
- 5. The smallest planet in the Solar System, which has now become a dwarf planet
- 7. The galaxy of where our Solar System belongs
- 9. A planet that is surrounded by rings and is the second biggest planet
- 10. A planet that is too small to be considered a regular planet
- 12. A huge bright ball of burning gas held together by gravity. The sun is one
- 14. The biggest planet,300 times the mass of Earth
- 15. A small object that is part of the solar system, it orbits the sun and is made up of ice, dust and small rocky particles
- 17. The number of planets in our Solar System
- 18. One of the four gas only planets, it is the second last planet away from the Sun and appears blue in colour
- 19. Known as the red planet and sits next to Earth and also has similar time to Earth
Down
- 1. The planet that is closest to the Sun
- 4. The first person to step foot on the Moon in 1969
- 6. The seventh planet from the Sun and cannot be seen from Earth without a telescope
- 8. The study of objects and matter outside the Earth's surface
- 11. A person trained to be a member of a spacecraft, a space travel professional
- 13. The star that gives life to Earth and which all planets orbit around
- 16. The planet that is second closest to the Sun and sits in between Mercury and Earth
- 19. Orbits the Earth and is made up of craters. Can be seen from the Earth during the day and night