Astronomy

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 6. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer (6)
  2. 8. The largest planet and the 5th from the sun (7)
  3. 10. How tightly packed the matter in something is (7)
  4. 11. The property of relative size or extent (9)
  5. 12. A transformation in which the coordinate axes are ___ by a fixed angle about the origin (8)
  6. 14. An ordered array of the components of an emission or wave (8)
  7. 15. An arrangement of parts or elements (plural) (14)
  8. 16. A giant planet that is surrounded by three planar concentric rings of ice particles (6)

Down

  1. 1. The vertical force exerted by a mass as a result of gravity (6)
  2. 2. Any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that move around the sun (8)
  3. 3. The brightest star in Ursa Minor (7)
  4. 4. A faint star of enormous density (plural) (11)
  5. 5. How hot or cold something is (11)
  6. 7. A relatively small extraterrestrial body consisting of a frozen mass that travels around the sun (5)
  7. 9. A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving (10)
  8. 13. Clearly revealed to the mind or the senses or judgment (8)