Across
- 6. these rocky objects mostly orbit between Mars and Jupiter
- 7. The biggest planet
- 8. The Sun is this kind of object.
- 10. The only moon with a thick atmosphere
- 12. Mars is sometimes called the _____ Planet because of its color.
- 14. A word describing the time it takes a planet to rotate one time.
- 15. You, plants, and animals are examples of this.
- 18. The color of the Sun (don’t look at it or you could hurt your eyes).
- 19. The fastest planet around the Sun.
- 20. The largest moon of Neptune – it has geysers.
- 22. The Moon is ____ when we see the all the lit up side (dayside).
- 24. This planet has the most impressive rings.
- 25. The time it takes a planet to orbit the Sun once.
- 26. Planet with the hottest surface in the Solar System.
Down
- 1. Venus has a thick one of these.
- 2. All the planets _____ the Sun.
- 3. The color of the sky on the Moon.
- 4. The smallest of the Galilean moons of Jupiter. Has a subsurface ocean.
- 5. Forms when a fast space rock hits the surface of a planet or moon.
- 8. What trees and other plants use for energy.
- 9. The gas we need to breathe to live.
- 11. The galaxy we live in, the _____ Way.
- 13. Pluto, Eris, and Ceres are all classified as _____ planets.
- 16. Ingenuity was the small _______ that flew on Mars
- 17. This has more than 99% of all the mass (stuff) in the Solar System.
- 19. A natural object that orbits a planetary body.
- 20. Comets and dogs often have these when they get closer to the Sun.
- 21. Its biggest moon is Charon.
- 23. This planet is tilted on its side compared to its motion around the Sun.
