Life on Mars

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 3. Bad weather with strong wind and rain (plural) (6)
  2. 5. Gas in the air that we need to breathe (6)
  3. 8. Hard piece of stone (plural) (5)
  4. 11. Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (plural) (9)
  5. 13. A common nonmetallic element that is normally a colorless odorless tasteless inert diatomic gas (8)
  6. 14. Stony or metallic object that is the remains of a ___ that has reached the earth's surface (plural) (10)

Down

  1. 1. Moving air (plural) (5)
  2. 2. The larger of the two satellites of Mars (6)
  3. 3. A period of the year marked by special events or activities in some field (plural) (7)
  4. 4. A ravine formed by a river in an area with little rainfall (plural) (7)
  5. 6. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air (4)
  6. 7. Ice crystals forming a white deposit (9)
  7. 8. A channel occupied by a ___ (plural) (9)
  8. 9. The outer of two small satellites of Mars (6)
  9. 10. Mountain that erupts with lava (plural) (9)
  10. 12. A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano (plural) (7)