Science 5: The Solar System

What’s inside

Unscramble each word using the clue about the solar system, celestial objects, and phases of the Moon.

1. The Sun and all the objects that orbit around it. (11 letters)
2. The star at the center of our solar system that provides light and heat. (3 letters)
3. A large celestial object that orbits a star and does not produce its own light. (6 letters)
4. The smallest planet and the closest planet to the Sun. (7 letters)
5. The hottest planet in the solar system. (5 letters)
6. The planet where we live and where liquid water exists on the surface. (5 letters)
7. The red planet, known for its reddish surface. (4 letters)
8. The largest planet in the solar system. (7 letters)
9. The planet famous for its large and bright ring system. (6 letters)
10. An ice giant that rotates on its side. (6 letters)
11. The farthest recognized planet from the Sun. (7 letters)
12. Earth's natural satellite that orbits our planet. (4 letters)
13. An object that orbits a planet or another larger body. (9 letters)
14. The path followed by one celestial object as it moves around another. (5 letters)
15. The spinning of Earth on its axis. (8 letters)
16. The movement of one celestial object around another. (10 letters)
17. An imaginary line through Earth's North and South Poles. (4 letters)
18. The force that keeps planets and other objects in orbit. (7 letters)
19. A small rocky object that orbits the Sun. (8 letters)
20. An icy object that can form a glowing tail when it approaches the Sun. (5 letters)
21. A streak of light produced when space material burns in Earth's atmosphere. (6 letters)
22. A bowl-shaped hole on the Moon's surface, often formed by an impact. (6 letters)
23. The phase when the Moon's illuminated side mostly faces away from Earth. (7 letters)
24. The phase when the Moon's Earth-facing side appears fully illuminated. (8 letters)
25. A phase when less than half of the Moon's visible face appears illuminated. (8 letters)
26. A Moon phase when half of the visible lunar disk appears illuminated. (7 letters)
27. A phase when more than half but not all of the Moon's visible face is illuminated. (7 letters)
28. The changing shapes of the Moon's illuminated portion as seen from Earth. (6 letters)
29. The lighting of the Moon's surface by sunlight. (12 letters)
30. A drawing or simple representation used to explain how Earth and the Moon move relative to the Sun. (5 letters)