Space Word Search

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun (5)
  2. 4. Twinkling lights in the night sky (5)
  3. 5. A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun (5)
  4. 6. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)
  5. 9. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun (7)
  6. 11. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (6)
  7. 13. The second nearest planet to the sun (5)

Down

  1. 1. The month following February and preceding April (plural) (4)
  2. 2. The vast area beyond Earth's atmosphere (5)
  3. 3. The planet we live on (5)
  4. 5. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural) (7)
  5. 7. A giant planet with a ring of ice particles (7)
  6. 8. Force that pulls objects toward the Earth (7)
  7. 10. The star our planet orbits (3)
  8. 12. A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles (6)