Space
Across
- 1. iron in the soil gives this planet its red color.
- 5. the second smallest planet in our solar system.
- 6. this planet is sometimes called the evening star and is the closest planet to Earth.
- 7. this planet is so large that all of the other planets could fit inside it.
- 9. the smallest planet.
- 11. to move in an orbit or circle around something.
- 14. a big ball of dirty ice and snow in outer space.
- 16. to turn around a center point.
- 17. an object that moves around a larger object.
- 18. this planet is surrounded by over 1000 rings made of ice and dust.
Down
- 2. all the gases which surround a star or a planet
- 3. this planet tilts over so far on its axis that it rotates on its side.
- 4. the path followed by an object in space as it goes around another object.
- 8. the third closest planet to the Sun.
- 10. having to do with the Sun.
- 12. the huge space which contains all of the matter and energy in existence.
- 13. this planet has a moon called Triton.
- 15. a piece of stone or metal from space that falls to Earth's surface.
- 19. a rocky space object of varying size.