The Solar System

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 4. To turn on or around an axis or a center (plural) (7)
  2. 6. Noticeable heterogeneity (9)
  3. 9. A connection allowing access between persons or places (13)
  4. 11. Someone regarded as certain to succeed (7)
  5. 12. A large asteroid that was once thought to be the farthest known planet from the sun (5)
  6. 13. A straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions (4)
  7. 15. The star our planet orbits (3)
  8. 16. A change of position that does not entail a change of location (8)

Down

  1. 1. A careful systematic search (11)
  2. 2. The smallest planet and the nearest to the sun (7)
  3. 3. An invisible spiritual being felt to be nearby (8)
  4. 5. Layer of air around the Earth (10)
  5. 7. Any celestial body orbiting around a planet or star (9)
  6. 8. A transformation in which the coordinate axes are ___ by a fixed angle about the origin (8)
  7. 10. Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky (4)
  8. 14. Natural satellite that orbits the Earth (4)