Across
- 2. asteroid with a moon
- 5. loose balls of ice and rock that usually have very long, narrow orbits
- 6. the most common element in the sun
- 8. small mostly rocky objects often found between Mars and Jupiter
- 12. round, large objects orbiting the sun in clear paths
- 13. 4 inner planets are called ________
- 14. outer layer of the sun's atmosphere that looks like a white halo and extends into space for millions of km
- 16. the star at the center of our solar system
- 17. Chunks of rock or dust smaller than an asteroid
- 20. hottest planet
- 22. eruption of plasma into space caused when prominences connect
- 23. icy gas planet with twind speeds about 2,000 Kph
- 24. red planet with largest volcano in the solar system
- 27. 4 outer planets are called ______ _________
- 29. the average distance measured from the center of the sun to the center of Earth
- 30. central region of the sun
Down
- 1. area of the sun outside the core where most of the heat flows out in the form of EMR
- 3. dark region of the sun's surface that have cooler temps
- 4. huge loops of plasma that connect sun spots
- 7. outermost layer of the sun's interior where hot plasma rises to the surface
- 9. inner layer of the sun's atmosphere that is visible
- 10. natural satellite
- 11. planet that rotates on it's side
- 15. smallest planet
- 18. dwarf planet that was onmce considered the 9th planet
- 19. very hot gas-like gas consisting of electrically charged particles
- 21. the sun, the planets, their moons, and a variety of smaller objects
- 22. large gas giant with distinctive rings
- 25. the type of nuclear reactions taking place in the sun
- 26. largest planet with giant red spot
- 28. blue planet with 70% of it's surface covered by water