Across
- 2. Earth is the _____ closest planet to the Sun
- 5. How long does it take the Earth to rotate on its axis?
- 7. Jupiter is famous for its 'Great _____ _____ '
- 8. Ours is called the Milky Way and is made from hundreds of thousands of millions of stars
- 10. We have one of these every 4 years
- 12. It takes ______ minutes for the Sun's light to reach the Earth (in words)
- 13. This is the second closest planet to the Sun
- 15. The name for the invisible line that runs through the Earth from top to bottom through the middle
- 17. The sun rises in the _____
- 20. When the Sun is shining on the Earth, we call this _____ time
- 21. Between Mars and Jupiter there is an ______ _____
- 23. The name for the path that the Earth takes around the Sun
- 25. The Earth's axis is __________
- 27. Pluto was famously demoted to a _______ planet
- 32. This is how many days it takes the moon to orbit the Earth
- 34. This is the name for the invisible line that goes all the way around the middle of the Earth
- 35. Saturn is famous for its ______
Down
- 1. When the Earth is in shadow we call this _____ time
- 2. How many days does it take the Earth to go around the Sun? (Written as words)
- 3. This planet is nicknamed 'The Red Planet'
- 4. When the moon passes in between the Sun and the Earth and the Su's light is blocked we call this a ____ _______
- 6. When the moon passes behind the Earth and into the Earth's shadow we call this a ______ _______
- 9. This is the force that pulls us towards the Earth
- 11. When the Earth goes around the Sun once, we call that 'one _____ '
- 14. When light is blocked by an object, a ______ is created
- 16. The Sun is a ______
- 18. The 4 inner planets are known as the _____ planets because they are solid
- 19. We can see pictures of planets, stars and galaxies because we use these things to take pictures
- 22. When the moon orbits the Earth once we call this one ________
- 24. This is the time when the Sun is highest in the sky
- 26. The sun sets in the _____
- 28. This planet is know as Earth's 'sister' planet
- 29. This is the furthest planet from the Sun
- 30. Jupiter has a giant ______ on its surface
- 31. This is the smallest planet in the solar system
- 33. This is the force that holds all the planets in orbit around the Sun