Across
- 3. the sun's surface, which radiates visible light
- 7. false belief that the movement of various bodies in the solar system influence human life
- 9. a large, gaseous planet of the outer solar system
- 10. a vast, moving interstellar cloud of gas and dust
- 11. a form of wave energy that has both electrical and magnetic properties
- 13. a calendar that uses the phases of the moon
- 15. a telescope that uses a series of mirrors to magnify objects
- 16. a band of colored or while light in the atmosphere caused by charged particles from the sun interacting with the Earth's upper atmosphere
- 19. the outer layer of the sun's atmosphere
- 20. a telescope that uses a series of lenses to magnify objects
- 21. a spherical object that orbits the sun and has removed other objects from its orbit
- 22. a rocky object that orbits the sun
- 23. on the sun where energy from the sun's core moves toward the sun's surface
Down
- 1. centered on or around the earth
- 2. the first layer of the sun's atmosphere
- 4. the entire wave length range of electromagnetic radiation
- 5. a spherical object that orbits the sun but is not large enough to move other objects from its orbit
- 6. on the sun where convection currents bring energy to the sun's surface and take gas back into the sun
- 8. a calendar that uses the amount of time Earth takes to orbit the sun
- 12. a fiery burst of gas from the sun that rises thousands of kilometers into space
- 14. centered on or around the sun
- 17. an opening through which light passes
- 18. a small, dense, rocky planet of the inner solar system
- 22. scientific study of matter beyond Earth's atmosphere