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Meteorite Word Search Quiz

Postby David Entwistle » Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:42 am

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Word Search


If you are at a loose end over the holidays, then just for fun and a bit of a challenge, I'm looking for twenty five meteorite-related words in the above table....

    1 ACHONDRITE
    2 ALDSWORTH
    3 ATAXITE
    4 BEDDGELERT
    5 CHASSIGNY
    6 CHONDRITE
    7 DIOGENITE
    8 ENSISHIEM
    9 ESTHERVILLE
    10 EUCRITE
    11 FALL
    12 FIND
    13 GLENROTHES
    14 HOBA
    15 INCLUSION
    16 IRON
    17 IVUNA
    18 JILIN
    19 MOORESFORT
    20 NAKHLA
    21 PARNALLEE
    22 PETTISWOOD
    23 STANNERN
    24 STRATHMORE
    25 SYLACAUGA

Rules: Mornington Crescent Tudor Court Rules apply. That is forwards, backwards and diagonals are allowed, but not wrapping.... ;)
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Re: Meteorite Word Search Quiz

Postby msg-meteorites » Tue Jan 06, 2015 11:16 am

Done :-)

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Thanks David, that whiled away a bit of time whilst looking after a poorly daughter......... :-)

Cheers

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Re: Meteorite Word Search Quiz

Postby Barwellian » Tue Jan 06, 2015 1:33 pm

But there's still 10 letters not used :-)

Well done Martin,

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Re: Meteorite Word Search Quiz

Postby brasky12 » Tue Jan 06, 2015 4:23 pm

I only got 24 'cos Ensisheim is spelt wrong :lol:
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Re: Meteorite Word Search Quiz

Postby msg-meteorites » Tue Jan 06, 2015 6:37 pm

Well spotted Brasky!
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Re: Meteorite Word Search Quiz

Postby David Entwistle » Sun Jan 18, 2015 10:30 pm

Here's a crossword to try....

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Crossword


Across

    1 South American mountain range. (5)
    4 British meteorite fall, 1835. (9)
    7 Most abundant element. (8)
    8 Country where the Allende meteorite fell in 1969. (6)
    10 Natural satellite of Saturn, discovered in 1789. (5)
    12 A cataclysmic nuclear explosion on a white dwarf and a small car manufactured by Vauxhall Motors. (4)
    13 Asteroid visited by the NEAR Shoemaker probe.(4)
    15 A row, line, tier or series of things. Associated with "(MIL)" for an Antactic collection areas. (5)
    16 Further on, towards the front, with advancing motion. (7)
    18 Southern constellation (5)
    19 The "cow" of the "dead cow" meteorite (4)
    21 Home to Vega. (4)
    23 The "Heaven" in "Field of Heaven". (5)
    25 Meteorite fall India, 1892. (6)
    28 Norwegian explorer of polar regions. (8)
    29 Augite-rich igneous rocks from Mars. (9)
    30 Using ions. (5)

Down

    1 Stony meteorite discovered in Texas, USA, in 1969. (7)
    2 Meteorite fall in Turkey, 2007. (5)
    3 .... County, meteorite fall USA, 1933. (5)
    5 Pseudo meteorite named after an English city. (6)
    6 Meteorite fall, Kenya, 2011. (5)
    9 Element with atomic number 26. Common in many meteorites. (4)
    10 Source of Shergottites, Nakhlites and Chassignites. (4)
    11 Mental derangement marked by excitement and violence; excessive enthusiasm. (5)
    14 Less common allotrope of oxygen. (5)
    16 Meteorites fell 2012. As yet only an unofficial name.(4)
    17 Probe enroute to Ceres. (4)
    20 Element blamed for sickness after Carancas meteorite impact. (7)
    22 Evaporation or melting of part of outer surface of body through heating by friction with atmosphere. (6)
    24 Carbonaceous chondrite meteorite fall, Tanzania, 1938. (5)
    26 See picture a. (5)
    27 The Sun is up. (5)
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