Solar System Crossword Puzzle

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Across
  1. 2. the Sun and everything that orbits, or travels around it
  2. 5. a naturally-occurring chemical element found in rock in the earth's crust
  3. 6. used to describe something that is related to the moon
  4. 9. small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun
  5. 10. the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest planet in the solar system
  6. 11. the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest planet in our solar system.
  7. 12. the second planet from the Sun, and our closest planetary neighbor
  8. 14. a huge ball of hydrogen and helium held together by its own gravity
  9. 15. The third planet from the sun
Down
  1. 1. large natural objects that orbit, or travel around, stars
  2. 3. when the moon moves between the sun and the earth blocking the sun's light.
  3. 4. regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one
  4. 7. the seventh planet from the Sun, and it's the third largest planet in our solar system
  5. 8. the fourth planet from the Sun
  6. 13. one of two ice giants in the outer solar system (the other is Uranus)