Astronauts Word Search
A free Astronauts word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the terms and ideas of a school subject, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: ASTRONAUT, GRAVITY, ORBIT, ROCKET, SPACESUIT, TELESCOPE, METEOR, PLANET, SATELLITE, EXPERIMENT, MICROSCOPE, MOLECULE.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
Astronauts word list, defined
- ASTRONAUT /ˈæstrənɔːt/ · noun
- A person trained to travel and perform duties aboard a spacecraft. Related: cosmonaut, spaceman, spacewoman, space traveller.
- GRAVITY /ˈɡrævəti/ · noun
- Gravity is the force that attracts bodies with mass toward one another; on Earth, it produces the familiar downward acceleration of falling objects. By extension, it refers to seriousness, importance, dignity, or solemn weight. Related: gravitation, seriousness, importance, weight.
- ORBIT /ˈɔːbɪt/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, an orbit is the curved path of an object moving around a star, planet, or other body, as well as a sphere of influence or activity. As a verb, to orbit means to move in a curved path around something, or to remain close to or within a particular sphere of influence. Related: path, trajectory, course, sphere.
- ROCKET /ˈrɒkɪt/ (British); /ˈrɑːkɪt/ (US) · noun and verb
- As a noun, a rocket is a self-propelled vehicle or projectile that is propelled by the reaction of a fuel exhaust, especially one that travels into space or carries a payload. As a verb, to rocket means to move or increase very rapidly. Related: missile, projectile, spacecraft, launch vehicle.
- SPACESUIT /ˈspeɪs.suːt/ · noun
- A sealed, life-supporting garment designed to protect an astronaut or other person in the extreme conditions of space, including vacuum, temperature variation, radiation, and micrometeoroid impacts. Related: space suit, pressure suit.
- TELESCOPE /ˈtɛlɪskəʊp/ (British); /ˈtɛləˌskoʊp/ (US) · noun and verb
- A telescope is an optical instrument that collects and focuses light, allowing distant objects to be viewed and magnified. As a verb, it means to look through a telescope or, figuratively, to make something seem less important or extensive by focusing attention elsewhere. Related: spyglass.
- METEOR /ˈmiːtiər/ · noun
- A meteor is a luminous streak in the sky caused by a space object entering Earth's atmosphere and becoming intensely hot. A meteor that reaches the ground is a meteorite. Related: shooting star, fireball, bolide.
- PLANET /ˈplænɪt/ · noun
- A planet is a large, nearly spherical body in space that travels in an orbit around a star and does not produce its own visible light. In the Solar System, the eight recognized planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Related: world.
- SATELLITE /ˈsætəlaɪt/ · noun, adjective, verb
- An object, natural or artificial, that moves in orbit around a planet or other celestial body; also, a state or organization subordinate to a more powerful one. Related: orbiter, spacecraft, moon, client state.
- EXPERIMENT /ɪkˈspɛrɪmənt/ · noun, verb
- A scientific procedure undertaken to test a hypothesis or discover something unknown. As a verb: to try out new ideas, methods, or activities to see what results they produce. Related: test, trial, trial run, investigation.
- MICROSCOPE /ˈmaɪkrəskəʊp/ (British), /ˈmaɪkrəskoʊp/ (US) · noun; rarely verb
- An instrument for viewing and magnifying very small objects or parts, using lenses or another method of magnification. As a verb, to examine something minutely or scrutinize it closely. Related: magnifier.
- MOLECULE /ˈmɒlɪkjuːl/ (British); /ˈmɑːlɪkjuːl/ (US) · noun
- A molecule is the smallest electrically neutral particle of a substance that retains its chemical identity and consists of two or more atoms held together by chemical bonds. In some specialized contexts, a molecule can consist of a single atom, especially when describing noble gases. Related: particle, unit, entity, structure.
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