Across
- 1. explosions that move outward from the sun's surface
- 5. a star such as the sun and all the bodies that revolve around it in space
- 6. a glowing ball of hot gas that makes its own energy and light
- 8. ball of ice, rock, frozen gases, and dust that orbit the sun
- 10. region between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids orbit the sun
- 11. asteroid that enters the earth's atmosphere
Down
- 1. dark area of the sun's surface that gives off less energy than the rest of the sun
- 2. amount of material that an object contains
- 3. a large body in space that orbits a star such as the sun
- 4. envelope of gas surrounding a body in space
- 7. warming of the atmosphere because of trapped heat energy from the sun
- 9. rocky object smaller than a planet that orbits a star