Planets Crossword Puzzle
Download and print this Planets crossword puzzle. Use a pencil or pen to complete the puzzle by filling in the blanks. The completed answers are included, so you can easily check your progress.
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QUESTIONS LIST:
- satellite : another word for moon orbiting a planet
- rotation : the spinning of a planet on its axis
- uranus : axis tilted on its side
- jupiter : the largest planet
- outer : planets made mostly of gas.
- orbit : the elliptical path of the planets
- earth : 2/3 of the surface is covered in water
- saturn : gas planet with visible rings
- venus : hottest planet
- neptune : great dark spot.
- crater : bowl-shaped cavity on the surface of the planet
- inner : planets are also called terrestrial planets.
- gravity : a natural force of attraction exerted by one object on another object
- mercury : closest planet to the sun
- mars : the red planet
- revolution : the period it takes a planet to go around the sun
