The Solar System
Across
- 3. The planet farthest from the sun, and from space its atmosphere appears blue.
- 6. A planet with a storm, called the Great Red Spot, that has been raging for over 300 years.
- 7. A ball of rock and frozen gases.
- 8. The only planet with visible life and a large supply of liquid water.
- 9. A star and the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
- 13. A planet that is tilted so far on its axis, that appears to be revolving around the sun on its side.
- 14. The smallest and warmest planets in our solar system, made of rocky material.
Down
- 1. The region of space where the temperature range allows life to thrive.
- 2. A large round body that revolves around a star in a clear orbit.
- 4. Giant balls of cold gases that do not have hard surfaces.
- 5. The smallest planet in our solar system, with a thin atmosphere that does not trap in heat, causing it to have a wide range of temperatures.
- 10. The planet with thousands of visible rings made of leftover pieces of comets, moons, and asteroids.
- 11. The hottest planet in the solar system, with thick clouds that make it hard to study the surface.
- 12. A planet with a reddish surface, with canyons, volcanoes, mountains similar to those on Earth.