The Planet Mercury

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun (7)
  2. 5. Rock that in its molten form issues from volcanos (4)
  3. 8. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  4. 9. Very warm (3)
  5. 10. A mixture of gases required for breathing (3)
  6. 11. The fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed near the ___ of (6)
  7. 12. Within the shortest distance (7)
  8. 14. Strong metal used to make tools and nails (4)

Down

  1. 1. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" (5)
  2. 2. A bowl-shaped geological formation at the top of a volcano (plural) (7)
  3. 3. Clear liquid we drink that falls as rain (5)
  4. 6. Causing or characterized by jolts and irregular movements (5)
  5. 7. A word that expresses a meaning ___ to the meaning of another word (8)
  6. 12. Low in temperature; also a sniffly illness (4)
  7. 13. The star our planet orbits (3)
  8. 14. Frozen water (3)