Facts of Venus

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Across
  1. 2. Length of a Venusian year is ___ _____ ____.
  2. 4. Much of Venus's surface is covered by ________ plains.
  3. 6. Venus is often called the _______ ____ when visible after sunset.
  4. 7. Tallest mountain range on Venus is called _______ ______.
  5. 13. Venus spins in the opposite direction to most planets. This is called __________ ________.
  6. 14. Length of a Venusian day is ___ _____ ____.
  7. 15. Venus's extreme heat is due to this effect known as runaway __________.
Down
  1. 1. Venus's highland region, home to its tallest mountain range is called ______ _____.
  2. 3. Venus is often called the _______ ____ when visible before sunrise.
  3. 5. Venus has a thick __________ as it is covered by a dense layer of carbon dioxide.
  4. 8. A day on Venus is longer than its year, making it own the _______ ___ of any other planet in our Solar System.
  5. 9. Venus has no _____ (aka natural satellites).
  6. 10. Venus has the highest _______ temperature in the solar system, making it the hottest planet.
  7. 11. Venus's clouds are made of this corrosive substance called ________ ____.
  8. 12. Venus's surface ________ is 92 times Earth's.