The Solar System
Across
- 3. these currents occur when hot molecules rise, cool, then sink in a repeating cycle
- 6. Planet with the hottest surface due to
- 7. Middle layer of the sun's interior
- 9. Process where hydrogen atoms join together to form helium
- 12. Greatest mass in our solar system, around which planets orbit
- 14. thick atmosphere made of carbon dioxide
- 15. farthest planet from the sun
- 18. Second layer of the sun's atmosphere
- 19. First layer of the sun's atmosphere
- 21. Average distance from the Earth's center to Sun's center
- 22. the red planet
- 23. planet with the most spectacular rings
Down
- 1. Biggest planet of the solar system
- 2. Outer layer of the sun's interior
- 4. when gases in the atmosphere trap heat from the sun
- 5. Force holding everything together in solar system
- 8. Rocky planet with no atmosphere that is closest to the sun
- 10. Outer layer of the sun's atmosphere that looks like a crown
- 11. Planet with horizontal axis
- 13. Hypothesis about the formation of the solar system
- 16. Planets that have a rocky surface
- 17. Interior layer of the sun with the greatest energy
- 20. Planets that have a surface made of gas