The Solar System
Across
- 4. Known as the "Red Planet"
- 6. Causes the tides on Earth
- 9. Scientific theory of the origin of the universe
- 10. Furthest planet from the Sun
- 12. Another name for the Inner Planets - eg Mercury, Venus, Earth & Mars
- 13. Often called a shooting star
- 14. A region of spacetime from which gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping
- 17. An explosion that marks the end of a star's life
- 20. What makes Earth have its seasons
- 21. Remains of a meteroid that survives the fall to Earth and hits the ground
- 22. Only life sustaining planet in our solar system
- 24. Piece of solid rocky and/or metallic debris that travels in outer space
- 25. Hottest Planet
- 26. The Milky Way is one
Down
- 1. Only star in our solar system
- 2. Largest planet in our solar system
- 3. Coldest planet in our solar system
- 5. A group of stars that form a pattern in the night sky
- 7. The _____ Planets - Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus & Neptune
- 8. The total sum of all matter and energy ie everything within and between all galaxies
- 11. Lightest planet
- 15. The belt that extends far outwards from Neptune
- 16. Its tail always pointing away from the Sun
- 18. The Main ________ Belt lies between Mars and Jupiter
- 19. A large ball of hot gas
- 23. Fastest moving planet