Solar System Crossword

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Across
  1. 3. The first planet from the Sun. It is hot in the day and very cold at night.
  2. 4. A very large planet made up of mostly gases. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune are the four gas giants.
  3. 6. The sixth planet from the sun. It has rings made of dust, ice, and rocks.
  4. 8. The second planet from the Sun. It is covered by gas and is very hot
  5. 11. A small, rounded body in orbit around a planet
  6. 13. A large body in space that moves around a other forms of energy star
  7. 15. The four planets farthest from the Sun - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune
  8. 17. The nearest Star to Earth
  9. 18. The fifth planet from the sun. It is the largest planet.
Down
  1. 1. The Sun, planets, moons, and other objects that orbit the Sun
  2. 2. The four planets closest to the Sun – mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
  3. 5. The eighth planet from the sun. It is blue.
  4. 7. is a dwarf planet. It is smaller than other planets.
  5. 9. The seventh planet from the Sun. It is the only planet that spins, or turns, on its side.
  6. 10. The third planet from the Sun. It is the only planet known to have living things.
  7. 11. fourth planet from the Sun. It has many craters and mountains
  8. 12. A ball of hot gases that gives off light and other forms of energy
  9. 14. to move in a path around an object
  10. 16. A tool that makes distant objects appear closer, larger and brighter