This listing features two crossword puzzles about the introduction to the solar system and the sun for an astronomy/space science unit in a middle school earth science course. The clues are conveniently located on the bottom of the page below the crossword puzzle grid for each. Each crossword puzzle comes with a one-page answer key. I also included a combined word bank for the crossword puzzle set on a separate page as an optional accommodation for students who may need it.
The vocabulary terms covered between both crossword puzzles include: helium, Kepler, heliocentric, inertia, solid (surface), gravity, telescope, nuclear fusion, ellipse, mass, Newton, Copernicus, Galileo, glowing gas, hydrogen, magnetic, corona, solar flares, core, chromosphere, sunspots, solar wind, axis, auroras, prominences, photosphere, solar eclipse, and crown. Some of the answers are repeated on the pairing crossword in a different application.
The crossword puzzles will become editable once you convert the joint PDF file over to Microsoft Word using an Adobe Acrobat Reader DC app.
This resource complements the following sun and solar system-themed activities in my store:
Planets of our Solar System Crossword Puzzle Set
Solar System Test or Summative Study Guide
Planets in Our Solar System Matching Activity
Dialing Up a Better Understanding of the Sun Activity
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