Solar System Crossword

This printable crossword puzzle has 20 clues. Answers range from 4 to 12 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.

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The center of the sun, where nuclear fusion happens.
The process of heat transfer through a fluid, such as a liquid or gas.
The layer of the sun that we can see during a total solar eclipse, the "crown"
The layer of the sun that we can see when we look at it, the "surface"
This type of heat transfer allows for the sun's energy to travel to Earth.
This phenomenon happens when a prominence releases a large amount of solar energy into the solar system.
This is formed on the "surface" of the sun due to the magnetism cooling down certain areas, making them darker
This model of the solar system was first suggested by Copernicus, and has the sun in the center.
This celestial body must orbit a star, be spherical in shape, and be alone in its orbit
This is a chunk of rock floating through space.
This is a chunk of frozen gas that orbits the sun, and sometimes melts, creating a "tail"
When a meteor hits earth, it often times leaves a rock that we call a ______________.
This is the reason planets orbit the sun, moons orbit planets, and our solar system stays in the Milky Way
This is the rise and fall of the ocean level based on the position of the Moon in relation to Earth
The time it takes the Earth to spin once on its axis is called a ____________
The time it takes the Earth to orbit the sun is called a _______________.
When the sun is blocked by the Earth or the moon.
These are changes in weather due to the tilt of the Earth
The hottest planet.
What would change if you went to the moon due to the decrease in gravity?

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