The Solar System Word Search
Play a The Solar System word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: PLANET, ORBIT, ASTEROID, COMET, GRAVITY, TELESCOPE, MERCURY, VENUS, EARTH, MARS, JUPITER, SATURN.
Words run in any of eight directions, backwards included — if one refuses to turn up, try reading the grid right to left.
The Solar System word list, defined
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- MERCURY /ˈmɜːrkjəri/ (British); /ˈmɝːkəri/ (US) · noun
- Mercury is the chemical element represented by Hg, a silvery metal that is liquid at room temperature and formerly used in thermometers and other instruments. The name also refers to the Roman messenger god and to the innermost planet of the Solar System. Related: quicksilver, the element Hg.
- VENUS /ˈviːnəs/ · noun
- As a common noun, venus denotes a score of zero in tennis; in older or literary use, it can mean a sexually attractive woman. Venus also names the Roman goddess of love and beauty and the second planet from the Sun. Related: Aphrodite, love goddess, goddess of love.
- EARTH /ɜːrθ/ · noun
- The planet on which we live, the third from the sun; also the substance of the ground — soil and land as opposed to sea or sky. Related: ground, soil, land, dirt.
- MARS /mɑːrz/ · noun and verb
- As a noun, mars is the plural of mar. As a verb, it is the third-person singular present form of mar, meaning to damage the appearance or quality of something.
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