Across
- 2. When the moon phases infront of the sun casting a shadow on the Earth this is known as a solar ______
- 3. A bright globe surrounded by three main rings
- 5. A person who only studies the planets
- 8. Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are all what?
- 10. An object which has not been agreed by scientist as being a planet as it orbits the sun in a zone full of other objects. Unlike all the other planets
- 12. Uranus is the________ planet from the sun
- 14. All planets _______ the sun
- 15. The planet closest to the sun
- 17. The moon changes from a thin crescent to a full moon and back to crescent in 29________
Down
- 1. Which planet is named after the Roman God of the Sea?
- 3. The_____ ________ contains the sun, planets, comets, moons, dust, gas and minor planets
- 4. Someone who travels to outer space
- 6. An instrument used to help see stars and planets clearly
- 7. The largest planet in the solar system
- 8. The milky way is a ________ that contains our solar system
- 9. The largest object in the solar system
- 11. This planet has phases like the moon and is known as the morning and evening star
- 13. The only planet that has an atmosphere of 21% oxygen and liquid water on its surface
- 15. Which planet is known as the red planet?
- 16. Pluto is known as a what kind of planet?