Things in the Sky
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.
2.
h
l
o
p
r
An aircraft without wings that obtains its lift from the rotation of overhead blades
4.
l
p
Any elderly pompous reactionary ultranationalistic person
5.
t
r
Ball of burning gas shining in the night sky
6.
c
o
u
Any collection of particles or gases that is visible (plural)
7.
b
s
Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and forelimbs modified as wings (plural)
8.
t
s
Nocturnal mouselike mammal with forelimbs modified to form membranous wings and anatomical (plural)
11.
f
e
o
r
A device with an explosive that burns at a low rate and with colored flames (plural)
12.
p
n
e
Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural)
13.
g
t
n
g
Abrupt electric discharge from cloud to cloud or from cloud to earth accompanied by the emission
14.
i
n
Water falling from clouds
15.
s
w
Frozen flakes that fall in winter
16.
e
a
Any of various large keen-sighted diurnal birds of prey noted for their broad wings and strong
17.
g
s
General term for any insect or similar creeping or crawling invertebrate (plural)
18.
p
s
u
t
l
e
A reusable ___ with wings for a controlled descent through the Earth's atmosphere
19.
o
o
Natural satellite that orbits the Earth
20.
h
a
Precipitation of ice pellets when there are strong rising air currents
21.
e
e
r
Any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth's atmosphere (plural)
23.
g
d
e
Aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces
24.
s
d
i
e
A person who jumps from a plane and performs various gymnastic maneuvers before pulling (plural)