Outer Space
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Use the clues to fill in the crossword.
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Across
- 3. The second nearest planet to the sun (5)
- 6. Everything that exists anywhere (8)
- 7. The branch of physics that studies celestial bodies and the universe as a whole (9)
- 9. The planet we live on (5)
- 10. The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun (7)
- 12. The month following February and preceding April (plural) (4)
- 13. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun (5)
- 14. The star our planet orbits (3)
Down
- 1. A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun (5)
- 2. A magnifier of images of distant objects (9)
- 4. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun (7)
- 5. A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun (5)
- 8. A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles (6)
- 11. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (6)
- 12. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)
- 13. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)