Voyage to the Sun

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Across
  1. 3. In what month was the probe launched?
  2. 4. Life on Earth would not exist without _____ and light.
  3. 5. The corona is _____ hundred times hotter than the sun.
  4. 7. What planet is closest to the sun?
  5. 10. A stream of charged particles that travel from the sun through the solar system
  6. 12. The Parker _____ Probe is the name of the probe that NASA launched into space in order to study the sun.
  7. 13. What is the sun classified as?
  8. 14. Solar wind can cause _____ that damage satellites and disrupt power grids.
Down
  1. 1. Layers of gas around the sun
  2. 2. The probe is the size of a small _____.
  3. 6. To travel around
  4. 8. The outer layer of the sun
  5. 9. Solar panels convert the sun's _____ into electricity used to power the probe.
  6. 11. Temperatures usually _____ as you move away from a heat source.
  7. 13. The bright, fiery star at the center of our solar system