Across
- 1. A substance or plant causing or capable of causing death or illness if taken into the body.
- 5. The planet closest to the sun in our solar system
- 6. Protected from or not exposed to danger or risk (not likely to be harmed or lost)
- 8. system The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets.
- 10. Based on or characterised by the methods and principles of science
- 12. A small part or quantity intended to show what the whole is like.
- 14. Keep safe from harm or injury
Down
- 1. Make (someone) ready or able to do or deal with something
- 2. An artificial body placed in orbit round the earth or another planet in order to collect information or for communication
- 3. A planet that neighbours Earth
- 4. Equipment or apparatus that is used for a particular purpose
- 6. Slant up or down
- 7. A celestial body that orbits a star
- 9. The invisible gaseous substance surrounding the earth (a mixture mainly of oxygen and nitrogen)
- 11. An open area enclosed by a fence
- 13. A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
- 15. The planet on which we live