SPACE WORDS

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Across
  1. 2. The fourth planet, often called the "Red Planet."
  2. 3. The biggest planet in our solar system.
  3. 5. It is a very small, icy dwarf ___.
  4. 7. A big, round thing in space that goes around the sun.
  5. 9. The second planet from the Sun, often called the "Morning Star."
  6. 12. The smallest planet and the one closest to the Sun.
  7. 15. This planet has beautiful, large rings made of ice and rock.
  8. 17. The air we breathe; not much of this in space.
  9. 18. The force that keeps you on the ground and holds planets in orbit.
  10. 20. A place in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape. (2 words)
  11. 21. A vehicle that carries people into space and comes back to Earth. (2 words)
  12. 22. The big, hot, yellow star in the middle of our solar system.
Down
  1. 1. A machine or moon that orbits a planet.
  2. 4. The sun is one of these; they look like small, bright lights at night.
  3. 6. Special clothes worn by astronauts to keep them safe in space.
  4. 8. This object goes around Earth at night.
  5. 10. The planet where we live.
  6. 11. The seventh planet, it is light blue and spins on its side.
  7. 13. A person trained to travel in space.
  8. 14. The Sun, planets, and everything that orbits them. (2 words)
  9. 16. A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun.
  10. 19. The eighth and coldest large planet.