Year 7 Space

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Across
  1. 2. the main source of mass in our solar system
  2. 4. a ball of ice and dust with a glowing tail
  3. 6. the distance light travels in one year
  4. 8. the force that pulls things towards each other
  5. 9. a vehicle used to travel into space
  6. 10. a space rock that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere
  7. 12. when one object blocks light from another
  8. 13. a natural satellite orbiting earth
  9. 16. a huge group of stars, like the Milky Way
  10. 17. the hottest planet in the solar system
  11. 19. a person trained to travel into space
  12. 20. a large object that orbits a star
  13. 21. the largest moon in our solar system
Down
  1. 1. the belt of asteroids that go beyond Neptune
  2. 3. a giant cloud of dust and gas where stars are born
  3. 5. a tool used to see things far away in space
  4. 7. a bowl-shaped hole made by a space rock hitting a surface
  5. 10. the closest planet to the Sun
  6. 11. a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system
  7. 13. known as the red planet
  8. 14. the path one object takes around another
  9. 15. a planet known for its rings
  10. 18. when a planet spins on its axis