Solar System Test Vocab
Across
- 2. Sun's energy comes from this process
- 7. The red planet
- 9. Layer of the sun that is the most dense, takes 100,00 years for the energy to move through this layer.
- 11. First manmade satellite launched into space
- 12. A natural satellite that indirectly revolves around the sun.
- 13. The force that holds planets orbiting around the sun.
- 15. Largest planet, has a giant storm that is larger than Earth
- 16. Known as the ringed planet, 2nd largest planet in the solar system
- 19. Formed if loops in sunspot region connect.
- 20. Part of the sun that is seen in a total solar eclipse.
- 21. Small object made of ice, dust and rock that revolves around the sun, heats up as it goes near the sun and has 2 tails.
Down
- 1. Reddish loops of gas that shoot out from the sun
- 3. The largest object in our solar system. Makes up 99.8% of the mass of all objects in solar system.
- 4. Area of gas on the sun's surface that is cooler than the gases around it.
- 5. The only planet with known life and liquid water.
- 6. Closest planet to the sun
- 8. Layer of the sun that produces visible light
- 10. The most internal layer of the sun that produces the sun's energy.
- 14. Planet with a similar size as Earth, covered with thick clouds and hottest planet.
- 17. First manned mission that landed on the moon.
- 18. Area in the solar system that is found between Mars and Jupiter.