The Kuiper Belt Word Search
This The Kuiper Belt word search hides 12 words on a 15×15 grid — the terms and ideas of a school subject. Trace each one with a finger or mouse and it locks in as soon as the whole word is covered. No signup, no download.
Words to find: KUIPER, BELT, ORBIT, PLUTO, CHARON, ERIS, HAUMEA, MAKEMAKE, DWARF, COMET, ASTEROID, TRANSNEPTUNIAN.
Found words stay highlighted, so the grid gets easier to read as you go and the final few tend to fall quickly.
The Kuiper Belt word list, defined
- BELT /bɛlt/ · noun
- A band of leather, fabric, or other flexible material worn around the waist to hold up clothing or as decoration. More broadly, a strip of material used for driving machinery or conveying items. Related: sash, strap, band, girdle.
- ORBIT /ˈɔːrbɪt/ · noun, verb
- A path or trajectory that an object or spacecraft follows as it revolves around a celestial body, such as a planet or moon. To move in a curved path around a central point, especially in a stable or regular manner. Related: path, trajectory, revolution, rotation.
- PLUTO /ˈpluːtoʊ/ · proper noun
- The ninth and smallest planet in our solar system, discovered in 1930, which was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. Related: dwarf planet, Kuiper Belt object, minor planet, asteroid.
- DWARF /dwɔːrf/ · noun
- A person of unusually small stature, especially one affected by a genetic or medical condition resulting in short height with disproportionate features; more broadly, a mythological being depicted as a small, bearded human skilled at mining and metalwork.
- COMET /ˈkɒmɪt/ · noun
- A celestial body consisting of a nucleus of ice, dust, and rock that, when passing close to the Sun, develops a glowing coma and often one or more tails of gas and dust.
- ASTEROID /ˈæstərɔɪd/ · noun
- A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, especially one found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter; also called a minor planet. More broadly, any of numerous small celestial bodies composed of rock and metal that are larger than meteoroids but much smaller than planets. Related: minor planet, planetoid.
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