The Solar System
Across
- 4. Comets grow ___ from being heated up.
- 6. How many times per day does Mar's largest moon orbits the planet?
- 7. Venus has a thick and ___ atmosphere that would make it impossible to live on.
- 8. The third brightest object in the sky viewed from earth.
- 10. Uranus is named after the Greek god of what?
- 17. The fifth largest planet in the Milky way.
- 18. Is the largest moon to Mars.
- 20. NASA sends ____ to Mars.
- 22. This planet has seasons, volcanos, and polar ice caps.
- 23. In history, meteors were known for great _____.
- 24. Jupiter has no ___ so you would fall to the inside of the planet.
- 25. This planet's moons are named after characters from Shakespeare's and Alexander Pope's works.
- 27. Like the moon, Mercury has many ___ on its surface.
- 28. One of the largest known dwarf planets in our solar system.
- 30. This moon's orbit is opposite of its planet's.
Down
- 1. If the Sun were as tall as a typical front door, Earth would be the size of a ____.
- 2. The total mass of all the ______ combined are less than that of our moon.
- 3. Are most commonly known as shooting stars.
- 5. Jupiter's moon has ___ all over the surface because of the volcanos.
- 9. How old was the person who named the dwarf planet, Pluto?
- 11. This planet has the fastest rotation.
- 12. Pluto and it's moon, ____, orbit each other.
- 13. Saturn is the namesake for what day of the week?
- 14. Jupiter's moon that is slightly larger than Earth's moon and volcanic.
- 15. These rocks in the sky are made of dust and ice.
- 16. Has short days, but VERY long years.
- 19. Neptune has the most ____ weather out of all the other planets.
- 21. This dwarf planet can either be farther or closer to earth than Neptune.
- 22. This planet has a thin atmosphere and does not have any moons.
- 24. The atmosphere on the largest dwarf planet is so frozen, it collapses on the surface as what?
- 26. Nine Earths can fit into this planet.
- 29. Asteroids are rich in what material.