Across
- 6. I do not orbit, instead I get pulled to Earth by gravity.
- 7. I am the planet farthest away from the sun. I am dark blue.
- 9. I have large collections of stars, gas, dust, and planets.
- 12. I am made of hot gases. I make and release large amounts of light energy
- 13. I am the planet that rotates on its side. The atmosphere's methane gas makes me blue green.
- 14. If the meteoroid does not completely burn up in the atmosphere and chunks of it crash the ground, I am called a _________.
- 16. Moons are a type of _____________.
- 17. I orbit the sun, but I do not dominate their orbits.
- 19. My planet has rusty-coloured surface rocks and very strong winds.
- 20. I am the largest planet in the solar system.
- 21. I am any object in space
Down
- 1. I am a celestial object that is spherical and non-luminous.
- 2. I am made of large chunks of ice, dust, and rock.
- 3. I separate the inner and outer planets.
- 4. It takes 365 days for my planet to rotate around the sun.
- 5. I am a group of planets mainly made of gases and liquids. I have long orbital periods and rings.
- 6. If the meteoroid completely burns up in the Earth's atmosphere, I am called a _________.
- 8. I am a group of planets mainly made of rock. I have high temperatures and short orbital periods.
- 10. My planet is hot because the carbon dioxide in my atmosphere traps all the heat.
- 11. I am the planet with a ring system that is made of different sized ice particles.
- 15. I am the planet with no atmosphere.
- 18. I am made of rock and metal, but I am not a planet because I am too small.