These crosswords are made for kids ages 8 to 12. They are made up of words that are often found in third, fourth, fifth, and sixth grade spelling lists and cover subjects of interest to older kids. To view or print a crossword puzzle for children click on its title.
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So You Want To Be President?
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Government and Politics
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having to much pride in your looks. the work of government. not proud. taking care of someone. seriously.
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Soccer
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Sports
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A kick taken 12 yards in front of the goal as a result of a foul or hand ball.. Plays behind the fullbacks.. Plays between the fullbacks and the forwards.. Their primary job is to stop the opponents from scoring.. A free kick given after severe fouls such as hitting..
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Soccer
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Sports
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what is the new indoor soccer place?. What ball do you use in soccer?. What is the name of the indoor season?. A favorite soccer team.. World wide women's soccer team..
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Soccer Terms
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Sports
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A kick done from the penalty line.. The sideline.. The players that are the offensive or scoring players.. Putting the ball in play by having one team kick the ball forward from the center of the field.. The players who play the entire field..
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Social Networks
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Society
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Biggest social network. All over the globe. What is negatively affected by social networks?. Type of social group. Network of animals (herrings).
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Social Pressure
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Society
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manner of behaving or acting. . an organized civil force for maintaining order, preventing and detecting crime, and enforcing the laws. . Sociology. a consequence of a social practice or behavior pattern that undermines the stability of a social system.. Antonym of order (5 letters). the capacity or power of persons or things to be a compelling force on or produce effects on the actions, behavior, opinions, etc., of others:.
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Social Pressure
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Society
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Object use to display messages during a riot. The common knowledge of a population. Group of people. People who are equal, teammates. Person that goes to a mob in the intent of vendalizing stuff.
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Social Psychology
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Science
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feelings, often influenced by our beliefs, that predispose us to respond in a particular way to objects, people, and events.. the theory that we explain someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition.. the tendency for observers, when analyzing another's behavior, to underestimate the impact of the situation and to overestimate the impact of personal disposition.. the scientific study of how we think about, influence, and relate to one another..
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Social Skills
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Society
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eye contact, handshake, body posture, hand gesture and tone of voice. should vary depending on the number of listeners and intentions of a speaker.. a set of skills people use to interact and communicate with one another. social skills are important because they allow us to _______ with each other in a predictabile way. . greetings, conversations, participating in class.
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Social Studies
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Science
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Wealthy people with all political power.. Major language spoken in ancient Rome.. Former gladiator who led a slave result against Rome.. One of the brothers who founded Rome. Was raised by wolves and was killed by his brother.. Poor citizens, majority, and during early Republic had no political power. .
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Social Studies
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History
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Fought for or supported independece from Great Britian.. Small fight. Unbearable, unacceptable. Great Britian; law making body. To refuse to approve legislation.
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Social Studies
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Society
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The science or practice of managing the soil, producing crops and raising livestock. The movement from one country or region to settle in another . Services performed by workers for wages or profits. A group of people with similiar incomes, ways of living and backgrounds. The time before writing was invented.
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Social Studies
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Science
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Government
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As citizens we have ____ and responsibilities.. What is the name for changes or additions to our Constitution?. The first ten amendments that list the rights of every U.S. citizen is called the ____.. Something you have to do.. The branch of government that approves and carries out the laws is the ___ branch..
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Soil
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Earth Sciences
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Animal that helps break down soil. Fungi that helps break down compost. Rock layer that is partially broken down. Rich in minerals but has a few dead plants. Lowest layer of soil.
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Soil
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Science
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the feel of a surface (fabrics, soil, etc.).. A particular kind of earth or ground.. What happens when wind constantly blows over soil? removal of rock and soil material by natural processes, principally running water, glaciers, waves and wind. 1.3. a very fine-grained soil that is plastic when moist but hard when fired. Ability of a material.
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Soil Layers
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Earth Sciences
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soil made up of about equal parts of clay, sand, and silt; ideal for most plants. the loose layer of dead plant leaves and stems on the surface of the soil. solid layer of rock beneath the soil, soil is always being formed whenever it is exposed. decayed matter in soil. It adds nutrients to soil it is located in the topsoil. clay and other particles washed down from the A horizon, little humus; the B horizon.
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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A large round hole in the ground made by the explosion of a bomb or by something falling from the sky.. Any one of the objects in space that are made of burning gas and that look like points of light in the night sky.. It is too small to be a planet and is the farthest from the sun.. The planet that is second in order from the sun.. A planet surrounded by large rings..
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune. The hottest planet out of all. This planet is made of mostly hydrogen adn helium. Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars. The farthest inner planet from the sun.
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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Items and Probes to the Solar System and Beyond
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Only Probe so far the study the Kuiper Belt (USA). Second Planet. The only planet with animal life. Green Gas Giant Planet. Place where Comets come From.
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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Fill out cross word puzzle below
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an object that moves around another object in space. different shapes of the moon. a large object that moves around a star. the motion of a planet or other object as it turns on its axis. the movement of one object around another in space.
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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Saturn's largest moon. the sun is a . how many planets are larger than earth. 2nd planet. the sun orbits the earth.
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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Look up at night there it is.. The region beyond the orbit of Neptune.. The closest dwarf planet to the Sun.. Used to be a planet.. The mass at the middle of a black hole..
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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Twinkle, twinkle. Large circular objects in sky, alongside stars. They circle planets or fingers. A chocolate bar with creamy centre. Second planet from the sun.
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Solar System
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Astronomy
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distance light travels in a vacuum. cluster of stars, or a cloud of dust particles and gases. . a _______ is the object that follows its own orbit. turning on an axis. the Milkyway s a ____________.
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Solid, Liquid, Gas
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Chemistry
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the state of water in which it is an invisible gas. particular kind of material. changes states from a gas to a liquid, mainly due to the temperature getting cooler. a change in the size, shape, or color of a substance that does not change it into a different substance. anything that takes up space and has weight.
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Solids, Liquids and Gases
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Chemistry
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This is a very dangerous type of gas.. This is what we see in the winter.. This is the last step in the water cycle.. This is what we breath out.. A type of gas that we need to live..
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Solving Equations and Inequalities
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Math
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number, a variable, or a product of numbers or variables in a number sentence . A mathematical sentence that contains , , not equal to or other symbols.... Terms that have the same variable and the same corresponding exponents. mathematical sentence stating that two quantities are equal. An algebraic expression that has no like terms and no parenthesis.
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Some Interesting Facts About Goats
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Animals
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besides goat meat, people consume goat ____. there are about 200 hundred ___ of domesticated goats. belongs to the genus ___. a female goat. warm-blooded or ___.
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Some Interesting Facts About Rabbits
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Animals
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a rabbit's expression of joy.. pet rabbits live in a _____. strong _____ limbs allow rabbits to leap great distances.. two individual rabbits simultaneously grooming each other . famous cartoon rabbit.
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Some Silent e Words
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Spelling Lists
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to entertain with something pleasant. the smallest part of a word. an animal from the cat family. arguement or debate. something not done.
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Song of the Trees
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Books
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a container with a lid. avoiding , ie a task or obstacle. a great swelling wave of something. ran quickly. fussy; difficult to please.
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Sonnet
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Literature and Writing
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Act of interpreting or discovering the meaning of a text, usually involves close reading and special attention to figurative language.. A word, phrase, line, or group of lines that is repeated, for effect, several times in a poem.. Unrhymed iambic pentameter verse . A lyric poem of 14 lines, commonly written in iambic pentameter.. A poem consisting of four lines, or four lines of a poem that can be considered as a unit.
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Sound
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Other
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complete this puzzle on sound
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number of wavelengths that pass a given point in 1second. This is located on the side of your head and helps you hear. The noises that you hear are known as. How high or low something sounds. Bats use this to help them locate food, dolphins also use this.
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Sound
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Other
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The speed at which something vibrates. The ability to identify sounds as different from one another. How high or low a sound is. To make a sound louder. A funnel-shaped device that can amplify sounds at a receiver.
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Sound
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Physics
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number of waves moving past a point in one second. longitudinal wave with frequency from 16Hz to 20 kHz which we can hear. spiral part of the ear. measure of how high or low a sound is. object which oscillates and makes sound is sound ......
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Sound
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Physics
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the number of crest or troughs of a wave that pass by over a certain amount of time. a form of energy that travels as waves through matter. the distance between the resting point and a crest or trough. the matter through which a wave travels. three tiny bones.
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Sounds!
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Other
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Solve the hints to solve my puzzle!
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Anything that you can hear.. To throw or bounce back.. To soak up.. The highnes and lowness of sound.. A device that's shaped like a funnel that makes your voice sound louder..
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Sousaphonics
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Music
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voices only. rectangular percussion instrument. the metal discs as part of a drumkit. small bamboo strip fixed to a mouthpiece of a saxophone. 'buttons' on brass instruments.
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Southeast Asia
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World Geography
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political groups that consider themselves underrepresented in the political system. an intense tropical storm system with high winds and heavy rains. The application of water to land using pipes and ditches. nearly flat plain along a stream or river that is naturally subject to flooding. individual or collective actions designed to identify and address issues of public concern.
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Space
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Other
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Someone who travels into space.. The big, empty area that our planet lives in.. Food that is in bags that astronauts eat while they are in space.. Living beings that are not from Earth.. A vehicle that travels into space..
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Space
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Astronomy
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A north and north magnet will ------. Planet with life on it. Planet named after the roman God of the sea. The earth gives off this which allows a compass to work. Earth is a -------.
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Space
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Science
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The middle planet. no longer a planet. the earth rotating itself 1 time. when the moon is in between the sun and us. In outer ............
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Space and Stars
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Astronomy
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black hole, constellation, polygon, star, polaris, sun, mercury, earth, ursa major, telescope, magnify, planisphere
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a tiny point of light in the sky. the constellation that the big dipper is in (two words). a figure with at least 3 straight lines and points. tool used to magnify distant objects like stars and planets. when a star implodes and its core collapses and sucks in everything around it (two words).
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Space Exploration
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Astronomy
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what was Neil Armstrong's job. an object that recives and sends phone and tv signals. A vessel that transports humans into space. what is our sun. an object that we use to gaze at stars.
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Space Exploration
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Astronomy
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someone who is sent into space in a spacecraft. way of travel through space, which can land on land. Downlink from a spacecraft that immediately indicates the state of the spacecraft as being one of several possible states by virtue of the presence and/or frequency of the subcarrier. Command and Data Subsystem onboard a spacecraft. how we are able to float in space.
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Space Transportation
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Transportation
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First satellite in space (no number). First person to orbit the earth. Space missions to take pictures and study mars . First dog in space. reusable rockets.
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Space Travel
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Other
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This crossword is all about space and what is in space and how you could contact space.
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A vehicle that flies. It orbits around the earth. Send out a signal or broadcast. A dwarf planet that used to be an official planet. the air around the earth.
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Space Voyages
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Science
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The system that includes our planet. Alien vehicle (short). A huge stone capable of destroying a spaceship in a collision in space. The moon is not a planet. For the Earth, it is considered a special part. A robot that helps to work on our satellite.
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Space!
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Astronomy
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These are some things in outer space, Have fun!
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Jupiter īs second largest moon. a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky as an indistinct bright patch . classified as a dwarf planet in . a celestial body orbiting the earth or another planet. It has the longest rotation period (243 days) of any planet in the Solar System and rotates in the opposite direction.
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Spain
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World Geography
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What's the most common sport played in Spain?. What City in spain was the olympics held in 1992?. What's the official language of Spain?. What Continent is Spain located in?. What city in Spain has the 4th largest population?.
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