The Big Spring Crossword!
Across
- 1. – a type of animal that is rare in the Alps
- 5. – the part of a map that explains the symbols
- 6. – the imaginary line on which the Earth spins
- 9. – Earth’s only natural satellite
- 13. – a period when Muslims do not eat between dawn and dusk
- 14. – the third closest planet to the Sun
- 15. – a way to have fun in the Alps
- 17. – a country in the centre of the Alps
- 18. – a tree that has seeds that spin and catch the wind
- 24. – the continent where the Alps are
- 26. – an attractive force between two objects
- 27. – when the Earth casts a shadow on the Moon
- 31. – the eighth closest planet to the Sun
- 32. – a group of stars in the sky
- 34. – a large river that starts in the Alps
- 36. – the tallest mountain in the Alps
- 37. – the Sun is one of these
Down
- 2. – the path a planet takes around the sun
- 3. – one of the ‘greenhouse gases’
- 4. – the sixth closest planet to the Sun
- 7. – what you see when there is a new moon
- 8. – a measurement of size that changes depending where you are in the universe
- 10. – a measurement of size that stays the same anywhere in the universe
- 11. – something that can be changed or kept the same in a science experiment
- 12. – the part of a grid reference we read from first
- 16. – a way that some Islamic art fits together
- 17. – when the moon casts a shadow on the Earth
- 19. – the planet closest to the Sun
- 20. – when a large section of snow starts moving at the same time
- 21. – when we see a thin slither of the Moon
- 22. – the fifth closest planet to the Sun
- 23. – the seventh closest planet to the Sun
- 25. – the tallest mountain in the world
- 28. – the start of a river
- 29. – the capital city of Germany
- 30. – the second closest planet to the Sun
- 33. – a European country that looks like a boot
- 35. – the fourth closest planet to the Sun
- 36. – the end of a river