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Astronomy Word Searches
All items below are categorized by their difficulty level and target audience so you can pick the perfect level of fun and education. We put them in alphabetical order and show the words hidden in the grid so you can quickly page through the list and find one that meets your needs. The words can be in several directions or only forward and down if you need something for the youngsters. To view or print a Astronomy word search puzzle click on its title. Once you've clicked a title you see a link to separate answer grid page with hints for the teachers that show where the words start. Our most important instruction is that we want you to be sure to have fun while you learn!!!
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Puzzle Words |
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Planets
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Planets in our Solar System
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EARTH, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, NEPTUNE, PLUTO, SATURN, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward and Backward
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planets
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CERES, EARTH, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, NEPTUNE, PLUTO, SATURN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Planets and Moons
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Find words in this puzzle that are about planets and moons.
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BASALT, CRATERS, DEIMOS, FOURTH, GOD, OLYMPUS MONS, PHOBOS, PLANET, POLAR CAPS, RED, ROMAN, SOLAR SYSTEM, TERRESTRIAL, VALLES MARINERIS, WAR
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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planets wordsearch
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EARTH, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MOON, NEPTUNE, PLUTO, SATURN, SUN, VENUS
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Simple
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Forward Only
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Rotation vs. Revolution
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APHELION, DECEMBER SOLSTICE, EARTH, EARTH S AXIS, EARTH S SURFACE, ECLIPTIC PLANE, ELLIPTICAL ORBIT, FALL, HORIZON, JUNE SOLSTICE, MARCH EQUINOX, MOON, ORBIT, ORBITAL PLANE, PERIHELION, PLANETS, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SEASONS, SEPTEMBER EQUINOX, SPRING, SUMMER, SUN, TIDAL FRICTION, TILT, WINTER
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Satellites
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ARTIFICIAL, CLIMATE, COMMUNICATION, EARTH SURVEY, MAPPING, NATURAL, ORBITING, ROTATES, SATELLITES, SIGNALS, TRAVELS, WEATHER
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Saturn
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Look for words describing Saturn
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ATMOSPHERE, BABYLONIAN, CLOUD, COMPOSED, CONSIST, CORE, CRONUS, EARTH, ELEMENT, FIELD, GAS, GIANT, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, ICE, INTERIOR, JOVIAN, JUPITER, LAYER, MAGNETIC, MERCURY, MOON, NEPTUNE, NINURTA, OBSERVATION, ORBIT, OUTER, PLANET, RING, ROCK, ROTATION, SATURN, SIXTH, SOLAR, SPEED, SYSTEM, TITAN, URANUS, ZEUS
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Saturns moons
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Find Saturns 30 moons
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ALBIORIX, ATLAS, CALYPSO, DIONE, ENCELADUS, EPIMETHEUS, ERRIAPO, HELENE, HYPERION, IAPETUS, IJIRAQ, JANUS, KIVIUQ, MIMAS, MUNDILFARI, PAALIAQ, PAN, PANDORA, PHOEBE, PROMETHEUS, RHEA, SIARNAQ, SKADI, SUTTUNG, TARVOS, TELESTO, TETHYS, THRYM, TITAN, YMIR
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Solar System
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Search for the words about the solar system and the planets.
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ANCIENT, ATMOSPHERE, BAND, BRIGHTEST, DIAMETER, EARTH, ELEMENT, EQUATOR, GALILEAN, GALILEO, GANYMEDE, GAS, GIANT, HYDROGEN, JOVIAN, JUPITER, LARGE, MASS, MOON, MYTHOLOGY, NEPTUNE, NIGHT, PLANET, RED, RING, ROMAN, SATURN, SHAPE, SKY, SPHEROID, SUN, SYSTEM, URANUS, VENUS
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Solar System
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ASTERIODS, AXIS, BIG DIPPER, BLACK HOLE, COMET, CONSTELLATIONS, EARTH, ECLIPSE, GALAXY, GAMMA RAY, JUPITER, MARS, MASS, MERCURY, METEOR, MILKY WAY, MOON, NEBULA, NEPTUNE, NOVA, ORBIT, PHASES, PLANET, PLUTO, REVOLVE, SATURN, SHOOTING STAR, SOLAR FLARES, SOLAR SYSTEM, TELESCOPE, URANUS, VENUS
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Solar System
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ASTEROID, AXIS, BLACK HOLE, COMET, EARTH, GALAXY, GRAVITY, INNER PLANETS, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, METEOR, MILKY WAY, NEPTUNE, OUTER PLANETS, PLANET, PLUTO, ROTATION, SATURN, SEASONS, SOLAR SYSTEM, STAR, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Solar System
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ADRASTEA, AMALTHEA, ASTEROID BELT, ASTONOMER, CALLISTO, CALYPSO, CHARON, COMET, CONSTELLATION, CRATER, DEIMOS, DESPINA, EARTH, ECLIPSE, ELARA, ENCELADUS, EPIMETHEUS, EUROPA, GALATEA, GANYMEDE, IO, JUPITER, KIVIUQ, KUIPER BELT, LARISSA, MARS, MERCURY, METIS, MOON, NAIAD, NEPTUNE, NEREID, ORBIT, PAN, PHOBOS, PHOEBE, PLANET, PLUTO, PROMETHEUS, PROTEUS, SATURN, SINOPE, SUN, TARVOS, THALASSA, THEBE, TITAN, TRITON, URANUS, VENUS
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Southeast Asia
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BANGKOK, BRUNEI, CAMBODIA, CAPITALISM, CHAO PHRAYA, HANOI, HOUSTON TEXANS, INDIAN OCEAN, INDONESIA, IRIAN JAYA, IRRAWADDY, JAKARTA, KRAKATAU, KUALA LUMPUR, LANDSLIDE, LAOS, LEACH, MAJORITY, MALAYSIA, MANILA, MEKONG, MINDANAO, MOLUCCAS, MYANMAR, PACIFIC OCEAN, PADDY, PAPUA NEW GUINEA, PHILIPPINES, REMOTE, SEDIMENT, SOUTH CHINA SEA, SRI LANKA, THAILAND, TONLE SAP, VIETNAM
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Hard
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space
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ALIENS, ASTEROID, BLACKHOLE, EARTH, GALAXY, GOLDYLOCKS, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MILKYWAY, MOON, NASA, NEPTUNE, ORBIT, PLANETS, PLUTO, SATELLITE, SATURN, SOLARSYSTEM, SPACECRAFT, STARS, STARWARS, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space
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ASTRONAUT, COMET, EARTH, HELMET, METEOR, MOON, PLANET, SPACE SUIT, SPACESHIP, STARS, SUN
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Easy
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space
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ALIEN, ASTRONAUT, CLOUD, COMET, CONSTELLATION, EARTH, LIGHTNING, MARS, METEOR, MOON, ROCKET, STAR, STATION, SUN, TORNADO
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space
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DIVIDED, EARTH, ENVIRONMENT, INVESTIGATE, LOCATION, MANAGED, ORGANISATION, PATTERNS, PLACE, SEPARATE, SPACE, SURFACE
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space
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ASTEROID, ASTRONAUT, COMET, CRATERS, EARTH, GRAVITY, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, METEOR, MILKYWAY, NEPTUNE, ORBIT, OXYGEN, PHASES, PLANET, RINGS, ROVER, SATELLITE, SATURN, SCIENTIST, SOLARSYSTEM, SPACE, STAR, TELESCOPE, URANUS, VENUS
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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SPACE
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AIRGLOW, ASTEROID, ATMOSPHERE, AURORA, BLACK HOLE, CELESTIAL, CLUSTER, COMET, CONSTELLATION, CORONA, EARTH, ECLIPSE, GALAXY, GRAVITY, JUPITER, LIGHT YEAR, MARS, MASS, MERCURY, METEOR, METEORITE, MILKY WAY, MOON, NEBULA, NEPTUNE, NOVA, ORBIT, OZONE, PHASES, PLANETS, PLUTO, QUASAR, REVOLVE, RINGS, ROCKET, ROTATE, SATELLITE, SHOOTING STAR, SOLAR FLARES, SOLAR SYSTEM, SOLAR WIND, SPACESHIP, STARS, SUN, SUN SPOTS, SUPERNOVA, URANUS, VENUS, ZENITH
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Space
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ASTRONOMICAL, ASTRONOMY, AXIS, BENDING, BODY, CLEAR, CLOSED, COLLECT, COMPRESSED, COMPTON, CONCENTRATE, COSMOLOGY, CURVE, DESIGNED, DETECT, DISTANCE, DISTANT, DUST, EARTH, ELECTROMAGNETIC, ELLIPSE, EVOLUTION, FOCUS, FOLLOW, GALAXY, HOLE, INFRARED, LIGHT, MIRROR, MOTION, OBJECT, ORBIT, PATH, PERIHELION, POINT, RADIATION, RAY, RAYS, REFLECTING, REFRACTION, ROTATION, SET, SPACE, SPIN, STAR, STUDY, TELESCOPE, TRAVEL, UNIVERSE, WAVE
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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Find the 10 Closest Stars to Our Solar System
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BARNARDS STAR, EPSILON ERIDANI, LALANDE, LUYTEN, PROXIMA CENTAURI, RIGIL KENTAURUS, ROSS ONE, ROSS TWO, SIRIUS, WOLF
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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ALCANTARA, BALE, BUFFON, CAVANI, CECH, DROGBA, DZSUDZS K, FALCAO, G NDOGAN, G TZE, GERA, HAZARD, INIESTA, LEWA, MESSI, MOTTA, NEUER, NEYMAR, PIRLO, PODOLSKI, POGBA, REUS, RODRIGUEZ, RONALDO, ROONEY, SUAREZ, VANPERSIE, VIDAL, XAVI, ZLATAN
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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Find all the hidden words in the puzzle below
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ASTER, BLUE, FUSION, GALAXY, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, LIGHT, MILKYWAY, NAVIGATE, NOVA, RED, STAR, SUN, TWINKLE, WHITE
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Stars
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ASTEROID, AXIS, BLACK HOLE, BLUE WHITE, COMET, CONSTELLATION, EARTH, ECLIPSE, GALAXY, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, JUPITER, LIGHT YEARS, LITTLE GREEN MEN, MARS, MASS, MERCURY, METEOR, METEORITE, MOON, NEBULA, NEPTUNE, NIGHT SKY, ORBIT, PATTERN, PLANET, PLANISPHERE, PLUTO, RED, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SATELLITE, SATURN, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPACE, SPACE ALIENS, SPACE SHUTTLE, SPACECRAFT, STAR, SUBATOMIC PARTICLES, SUN, TELESCOPE, URANUS, VENUS, YELLOW
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun Moon Earth
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AXIS, CRATER, EARTH, ECLIPSE, EQUINOX, GRAVITY, HEMISPHERE, HIGHLANDS, INERTIA, LUNAR, MARIA, MOON, ORBIT, PENUMBRA, PHASE, RAYS, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SOLAR, SOLSTICE, SUN, TIDES, TILT, UMBRA, WANING, WAXING
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun, Earth, and Moon
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AXIS, CALENDAR, COMET, CONSTELLATION, CRATER, ECLIPSE, EQUINOX, FORCE, GIBBOUS, GRAVITY, INERTIA, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MARIA, MASS, METEOR, METEOROID, NEAP TIDE, NEWTONS FIRST LAW MOTION, ORBIT, PENUMBRA, PHASE, PLANET, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SATELLITE, SOLAR ECLIPSE, STAR, TIDE, TILT, UMBRA, WANING, WAXING, WEIGHT
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Sun, Moon, and Earth Systems
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AXIS, CHROMOSPHERE, CORE, CORONA, CRUST, DAY, EARTH, EQUATOR, FULL MOON, LAST QUARTER, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MANTLE, MOON, MOON PHASES, NIGHT, ORBIT, PHOTOSPHERE, REVOLUTION, ROTATION, SEASONS, SOLAR ECLIPSE, SOLAR FLARE, SPINS, SUN, TEMPERATURE, TIDES, WANING CRESCENT, WANING GIBBOUS, WAXING CRESCENT, WAXING GIBBOUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Big Bang Theory
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Find and circle all of the Astronomy related words that are hidden in the grid.
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ASTRONOMER, ASTRONOMY, ATOM, BIG BANG, COSMIC, COSMOLOGICAL MODEL, EXPANDING, EXPLOSION, GALAXY, INFLATION, MATTER, PHYSICS, PLANETS, SCIENCE, SPACE, STARS, THEORY, UNIVERSE
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Great Space Race
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APOLLO, ASTEROID, ASTRONAUT, BLACKHOLE, CELESTIAL, COMET, CONSTELLATION, DEEPSPACE, DWARFSTAR, GALAXY, GEMINI, HALFMOON, HYPERNOVA, INTERSTELLARDUST, JUPITER, LIGHTYEAR, LUNAR, MARS, MERCURY, METEORSHOWER, MILKYWAY, MTLOUSAN, NASA, NEPTUNE, NEWMOON, OBSERVATORY, ORBIT, PARALLAX, PLANETS, PLUTO, PULSAR, QUARTERMOON, RADIATION, REVOLVE, ROCKET, SATELLITE, SATURN, SOLARSYSTEM, SPACE SHUTTLE, STARS, SUMMERCAMP, TELESCOPE, UNIVERSE, URANUS, VACUUM, VENUS, WANING, XRAYS, ZENITH, ZEROGRAVITY
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Jewel of the Solar System - Saturn
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ALADIN, ALI BABA, CASSINI, DIAMETER, DIONE, EARS, ENCELADUS, ENCKE, FLOAT, GALILEO, HUYGENS, HYPERION, IAPETUS, MAGNETIC, MET DR THIP, MIMAS, ORANGE CLOUDS, ORBIT, PHOEBE, RHEA, RINGS, SATURN, SECOND LARGEST MOON, SEEING, STAR WARS, TETHYS, THOUSANDS, TITAN
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Planet Pluto
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Discover words relating to Pluto
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CHARON, DWARF, GOD, HYDRA, ICE, KUIPER BELT, NEW HORIZONS, NIX, ROCK, ROMAN, SECOND, SMALL, UNDERWORLD
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Planet Word Search Puzzle
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ANGLE, AXIS, EARTH, EQUATOR, GLOBE, LANDMARKS, MAPS, NORTH POLE, PLANISPHERE, SOUTH POLE, TRAVEL
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Moderately Challenging
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Sky
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DAY, MOON, NIGHT, STAR, SUN
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Simple
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Forward Only
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The Solar System
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ASTEROIDS, COMETS, EARTH, FULL MOON, GALAXY, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MILHY WAY, MOON, NEPTUNE, NEW MOON, PLUTO, SATURN, STARS, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Solar System
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CERES, CHARON, EARTH, ERIS, JUPITER, MARS, MERCURY, MOON, NEPTUNE, PLUTO, SATURN, SUN, URANUS, VENUS
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Older Children
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Forward Only
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The Solar System
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ASTEROID BELT, ATMOSPHERE, AURORA, BINARY STAR SYSTEM, BOLIDE, CHROMOSPHERE, COMET, CRATER, DARK DUST CLOUD, EARTH, EROSION, EXTRATERRESTRIAL, GALAXY, GASEOUS NEBULA, GLOBULAR CLUSTER, GRAVITY, GREENHOUSE EFFECT, INTERPLANETARY MATTER, INTERSTELLAR DUST, INTERSTELLAR SPACE, IONOSPHERE, JUPITER, LITHOSPHERE, LUNAR ECLIPSE, MAGNETIC FIELD, MARS, MERCURY, METEOR, METEORITE, MILKY WAY, MOON, NEBULAR THEORY, NEPTUNE, NOVA, OZONE LAYER, PHOTOSPHERE, PLANET, PULSAR, SATURN, SEISMIC WAVE, SOLAR CONSTANT, SOLAR CYCLE, SOLAR ECLIPSE, SPECTRAL LINE, STAR, SUN, SUNSPOT CYCLE, TRITON, URANAS, VENUS
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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The Zodiac
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AQUARIUS, ARIES, ASTROLOGY, CANCER, CAPRICORN, GEMINI, HOROSCOPE, LEO, LIBRA, PISCES, SAGITTARIUS, SCORPIO, TAURUS, VIRGO, ZODIAC
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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AMMONIA, ANCIENT, ATMOSPHERE, AXIS, BOUNDARY, CLOUD, COMPLEX, GASGIANT, GREEK, HERSCHEL, ICE, MAGNETOSPHERE, METHANE, MOONS, RING, ROTATION, SEVENTH, SOLARSYSTEM, TEMPERATURE, WATER
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Big
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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CLOUDS, HERSCHEL, ICE GIANT, MAGNETIC, MOONS, ORBIT, RINGS, SEVENTH, TILT, URANUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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AROUD, ATMOSPHERE, DISTANCE, GAS GIANT, MOONS, ORBIT, REVOLUTION, RINGS, ROTATE, ROTATION, SIDE, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPINS, SUN, URANUS
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Older Children
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus
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Find the words that describe the planet Uranus.
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ARIEL, ASTRONOMERS, BLUE, ELEMENTS, GASES, HELIUM, HYDROGEN, METHANE, MOONS, OBERON, ORBIT, PLANETS, RINGS, ROCKS, SCIENTISTS, SOLAR SYSTEM, SPACE, SUN, TILTED, TITANIA, UMBRIEL, URANUS, WILLIAM HERSCHEL
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Teenage
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Uranus moons
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Find 21 Uranus moons
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ARIEL, BELINDA, BIANCA, CALIBAN, CORDELIA, CRESSIDA, DESDEMONA, JULIET, MIRANDA, OBERON, OPHELIA, PORTIA, PROSPERO, PUCK, ROSALIND, SETEBOS, STEPHANO, SYCORAX, TITANIA, TRINCULO, UMBRIEL
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus
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AMOUNT, CLOSEST, CLOUD, COMPRISED, CONDITION, CONTRAST, EARTH, EFFECT, EXTREME, EYE, FLOW, FORCE, GREENHOUSE, HEAT, HEIGHT, HIGH, INTENSE, LAVA, LAYER, LONG, MASSIVE, MILE, MOUNTAIN, NOXIOUS, PLANET, POUND, PRESSURE, RADIATE, RAISE, RELATIVE, SIMILAR, SIZE, SPOT, STAR, SUN, SURFACE, TEMPERATURE, THICK, VENUS, VOLCANIC
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Easy
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus
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ACID, ATMOSPHERE, BRIGHTEST, CARBON DIOXIDE, CLOUDS, COUNTER CLOCKWISE, GODDESS, ORBIT, SECOND, SISTER, SULFURIC, VENUS, VOLCANOES
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Easy
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Venus the Planet
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Looking for words to describe Venus
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ACID, ATMOSPHERE, BRIGHTEST, CARBON DIOXIDE, CLOUDS, DENSE, DENSEST, EARTH, EVENING, GODDESS, MORNING, ROCKY, ROMAN, SECOND, SISTER, STAR, SULFURIC, TERRESTRIAL, VOLCANOES
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Adult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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Water on Planets
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AGE, AMOUNT, ARGON, ART, ASSOCIATE, AUTHOR, BACK, BALDWIN, COLLEGE, CONDITION, CRYSTAL, DEGREES, DETERMINE, DEVELOPMENT, EARTH, EXPERIMENT, FAHRENHEIT, FORM, GAS, GOOD, ISSUE, JAROSITE, KULA, LIFE, MAR, MARTIAN, MEANING, MINERAL, PARAMETER, PAST, PLANET, POINT, PRESENCE, PRESENT, PROFESSOR, PROVIDE, PUBLISHED, RECENT, ROCK, SCIENCE, SCIENTIST, SOMEDAY, STUDY, SURFACE, TEAM, TEMPERATURE, TERM, TIME, WATER, YEAR
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Very Difficult
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Forward, Backward, Diagonal
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