Solar System Crosswords

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Across
  1. 3. The sun is a ____.
  2. 5. Saturn, Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have _____ around them.
  3. 6. Now called a dwarf planet.
  4. 8. Our solar system is part of this galaxy.
  5. 10. Planet furthest from the sun; also named after the Roman god of the sea.
  6. 11. Planet closest to the sun.
  7. 13. The force that keeps a planet moving in orbit.
  8. 14. The number of planets in our solar system.
Down
  1. 1. Largest planet in our solar system.
  2. 2. Planet named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty.
  3. 4. A person who travels to space is an _________.
  4. 7. The ‘Red Planet’; humans have sent robots there.
  5. 8. Neil Armstrong was the first person to walk on the _____.
  6. 9. The instrument used to see stars and planets clearly.
  7. 12. Our planet.