Across
- 1. the planet in the solar system that is fourth in order of distance from the sun, between the Earth and Jupiter
- 4. a vehicle that travels in space, carrying people
- 6. belonging to a period of history that is thousands of years in the past; opposite: "modern"
- 7. bands of coloured light, mainly green and red, that are sometimes seen in the sky at night in the most northern countries of the world
- 10. a piece of equipment like a tube in shape, containing lenses, that you look through to make objects that are far away appear larger and nearer
- 11. the study of the positions of the stars and the movements of the planets in the belief that they influence human affairs
- 12. to organize and/or do a particular activity
Down
- 1. a piece of rock from outer space that makes a bright line across the night sky as it burns up while falling through the earth’s atmosphere
- 2. the whole of space and everything in it, including the earth, the planets and the stars
- 3. in the form of a liquid; not a solid or a gas; opposite: "solid"
- 4. a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night
- 5. to give something to somebody or make it available for them to use
- 8. a curved path followed by a planet or an object as it moves around another planet, star, moon, etc.
- 9. a group of stars that forms a shape in the sky and has a name
