Space

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 2. The star our planet orbits (3)
  2. 4. The outermost region of the sun's atmosphere (6)
  3. 8. A colorless gas soluble in alkalis and cold water (5)
  4. 10. The discipline dealing with the art or science of applying scientific knowledge to practical (10)
  5. 12. Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star (9)
  6. 13. The planet we live on (5)
  7. 14. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)

Down

  1. 1. The state of being combined into one body (6)
  2. 3. Everything that exists anywhere (8)
  3. 5. A region of space resulting from the collapse of a star (plural) (10)
  4. 6. A collection of star systems (6)
  5. 7. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft (9)
  6. 8. An area in which something acts or operates or has power or control: "the range of a supersonic jet" (5)
  7. 9. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  8. 11. Badminton equipment consisting of a ball of cork or rubber with a crown of feathers (7)
  9. 12. Relating to or derived from the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun (5)