Space Crossword
Across
- 4. Brightest star in our galaxy, also shares a name with a character in Harry Potter.
- 5. Our galaxy is called the ________ and stretches across 100,000ly.
- 9. A Solar _____ occurs when the moon blocks the sun light from Earth.
- 10. Wind speeds at the equator of this planet get up to 1800km/h.
- 11. Contains 100-100,000 stars in a small region of space.
- 12. Our ______ contains eight planets and a medium massed star.
- 13. Planet that's tilted 90° on its axis, making it appear to roll.
- 14. Two weeks into the Moon's cycle, when no light from the moon is illuminated to the Earth.
- 16. There are 100 billion stars in a ______.
- 19. An ______ unit is used to measure the distance in our Solar System.
- 20. A complete spin of Earth on it's axis.
- 21. A Canadian Commander for the International Space Station.
- 22. The _____ System is about 4.3ly away from our Solar System.
- 23. A layer of the Sun that can only been seen during a Solar Eclipse.
- 25. Contains 100,000s of stars, pulled together in a sphere shape by gravity.
- 28. A _____ is equivalent to 63,000AU.
- 29. First person to walk on the moon.
- 32. A radiation given off by the sun, also gives us sun burns.
- 36. A medium mass star in our Solar System.
- 38. Radius of the planet is 71,oookm, and is larger than twice the mass of all the planets combined.
- 39. Called the 'red' planet because of its rust colour on the surface.
- 40. Gives of 3x more energy than it receives from the Sun.
Down
- 1. A planet with 90x the pressure of Earth.
- 2. 10% of all of space is filled with billions of celestial objects. The rest is filled with ________.
- 3. Most stars are a _____ System.
- 6. Theory that the Earth collided with another planet and the debris created the Moon.
- 7. Theory that the Moon was once part of Earth until it was cast out by the rotation.
- 8. _____ has a rocky surface like the moon, but also has some smooth areas because of lava flow.
- 11. Large explosions on the surface of the sun.
- 12. Cool spots on the Sun's surface that can be larger than Earth.
- 15. Water covers up to 70% of the planet and exists in all three states.
- 17. Contains 100s-1000s of stars together in a region of space.
- 18. Caused because of two galaxies colliding with each other.
- 19. Different coloured lights in the sky appearing in the North and South of the Earth.
- 24. One of his conclusions was that almost all the galaxies are moving away from each other.
- 26. Scientists believe these are at the center of all galaxies
- 27. A layer of the Sun that oozes Plasma towards the surface.
- 30. The debris and matter from a ______ can form another celestial object.
- 31. Where fusion takes place in the sun, and temperatures are over 15 million °C
- 33. A complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
- 34. The largest of galaxies and contains little dust.
- 35. As old arms disappear in a _____ galaxy, new ones appear.
- 37. Large cloud of dust and gas, also called a 'Star Nursery.'