Solar System Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 5. The lower region of the atmosphere
- 6. Winds: The continuous flow of charged particles from the Sun which permeates the solar system
- 10. A celestial body passes in front of a second celestial body as seen from a third celestial body
- 11. Earths natural satellite
- 13. Small luminescent ball of gases
- 14. Giant: A star that has low surface temperature and a diameter that is large relative to
- 15. A planets with big bright rings
- 16. Small rock that orbits the Sun
- 19. A giant star in the middle of the solar system
- 20. Dwarf: Stars that have burned up all of the hydrogen they once used as nuclear fuel
- 21. Snowballs of frozen gases, rock, and dust that orbits the Sun
- 22. Only planet with known life and water
Down
- 1. Cloud of gas an dust in outer space
- 2. The outer-most layer of the solar interior
- 3. The deepest layer of the Sun that we can observe directly
- 4. The part of the Sun that is the central region where nuclear reactions consume hydrogen to form helium
- 7. The outer atmosphere of the Sun
- 8. The third brightest planet after the Sun and Moon
- 9. Flare: An intense burst of radiation coming from the release of magnetic energy associated with sunspots
- 12. Systems of stars and interstellar matter that make up the universe
- 17. The outside of the inner Core of the sun at a distance approximately 0.25 to 0.7 solar radii
- 18. One of the largest planets with a giant red dot