Solar System Puzzle v4

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Across
  1. 6. these rocky objects mostly orbit between Mars and Jupiter
  2. 7. The biggest planet
  3. 8. The Sun is this kind of object.
  4. 10. The only moon with a thick atmosphere
  5. 12. Mars is sometimes called the _____ Planet because of its color.
  6. 14. A word describing the time it takes a planet to rotate one time.
  7. 15. You, plants, and animals are examples of this.
  8. 18. The color of the Sun (don’t look at it or you could hurt your eyes).
  9. 19. The fastest planet around the Sun.
  10. 20. The largest moon of Neptune – it has geysers.
  11. 22. The Moon is ____ when we see the all the lit up side (dayside).
  12. 24. This planet has the most impressive rings.
  13. 25. The time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun once.
  14. 26. Planet with the hottest surface in the Solar System.
Down
  1. 1. Venus has a thick one of these.
  2. 2. All the planets _____ the Sun.
  3. 3. The color of the sky on the Moon.
  4. 4. The smallest of the Galilean moons of Jupiter. Has a subsurface ocean.
  5. 5. Forms when a fast space rock hits the surface of a planet or moon.
  6. 8. What trees and other plants use for energy.
  7. 9. The gas we need to breathe to live.
  8. 11. The galaxy we live in, the _____ Way.
  9. 13. Pluto, Eris, and Ceres are all classified as _____ planets.
  10. 16. Ingenuity was the small _______ that flew on Mars
  11. 17. This has more than 99% of all the mass (stuff) in the Solar System.
  12. 19. A natural object that orbits a planetary body.
  13. 20. Comets and dogs often have these when they get closer to the Sun.
  14. 21. Its biggest moon is Charon.
  15. 23. This planet is tilted on its side compared to its motion around the Sun.