Stardust From Space ~ John Szabo
Across
- 2. Earth's nearest neighbour
- 5. molten rock that comes from a volcano
- 7. a small object orbiting the sun
- 8. this made all the planets
- 9. the sun, the planets, their moons, and all the other objects that orbit the sun (2 words)
- 12. the layer above the core, but below the crust of the planet
- 13. a sudden, rapid explosion of a star throwing matter and energy into space
- 14. small particles less then 1mm in size produced from asteroids and comets (2 words)
- 15. the ground beneath our feet
- 17. a substance made from atoms of only one type
- 18. the central part of a planet
- 19. the outermost solid layer of a planet
Down
- 1. an opening in a planet or moons crust through which molten rock and gas can escape
- 3. a rocky or metal object that survives its fall to Earth from space
- 4. rock of ice and dust
- 6. a person who travels in space
- 10. a speck of dust that completely burns up as it travels through the atmosphere (2 words)
- 11. the rigid blocks of Earth's crust that move at very slow speeds over the Earth's surface.
- 13. intensely hot object that produce energy by burning gas (mainly hydrogen)
- 16. a large object orbiting the sun.