The Solar System - Word Search - PUZZLE #3 VENUS - August 2025

PUZZLE #3 - VENUS 

IN-CONTEXT WORD DEFINITIONS

Twin: Venus is often called Earth’s twin because the two planets are similar in size, mass, and composition — though their environments are vastly different.

Isothermal: Venus has an almost isothermal atmosphere, meaning its temperature remains nearly constant across latitudes and day/night cycles — about 465°C (869°F), due to its thick atmosphere and strong greenhouse effect.

Inanna: Inanna is the name of an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of love and war, often associated with the planet Venus as the morning or evening star.

Love: Venus is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty, reflecting its bright appearance in the sky and longstanding associations with romance and femininity in mythology.

Lightning: Venus has been observed to produce lightning in its thick clouds, although it's different from Earth's due to the sulfuric acid atmosphere and is still debated among scientists.

Venera: Venera was a Soviet space program that sent multiple missions to Venus between 1961 and 1984. Several Venera probes successfully landed on Venus and returned the first images of its surface.

Petals: "Petals" may refer metaphorically to the radial patterns seen in some Venusian volcanoes or impact craters, which resemble flower petals. The term is also evocative of Venus’s name connection to beauty.

Maxwell Montes: Maxwell Montes is the tallest mountain range on Venus, rising about 11 kilometers (7 miles) above the average surface level. It’s one of the few Venusian features named after a man (James Clerk Maxwell), as most are named after women.

Venusian: Venusian is the modern adjective used to describe things related to Venus, such as its atmosphere, surface, or hypothetical inhabitants in science fiction.

Secret Word: Venus is also referred to as Earth’s sister planet due to their similar physical characteristics, including diameter and gravity.