Galileo

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. The creation of something in the mind (9)
  2. 7. Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural) (7)
  3. 8. Twinkling lights in the night sky (5)
  4. 9. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)
  5. 10. Measuring instrument for measuring temperature (11)
  6. 11. A magnifier of images of distant objects (9)

Down

  1. 1. Study of what happened in the past (7)
  2. 2. Someone who is the first to think of or make something (8)
  3. 3. Magnifier of the image of small objects (10)
  4. 4. A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic (6)
  5. 5. Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars (7)
  6. 8. Study of the natural world through experiments (7)