FREE Printable Alphabetical Order Worksheets - Free Printable

Explanation:
We need to put the 12 space-related words in alphabetical order. Let’s list them first:

- planet
- satellite
- asteroids
- rocket
- moon
- galaxy
- astronaut
- meteor
- stars
- shuttle
- telescope
- tiger

Wait — “tiger” is not a space term, but it’s included in the list, so we still need to alphabetize it with the rest.

Step 1: Look at the first letter of each word:

a: asteroids, astronaut
g: galaxy
m: moon, meteor
p: planet
r: rocket
s: satellite, shuttle, stars
t: telescope, tiger

Now sort by first letter (A, G, M, P, R, S, T):

A words:
- asteroids
- astronaut
→ Compare second letters: “steroids” vs. “stronaut” → ‘s’ vs. ‘s’ (same), then third: ‘t’ vs. ‘t’, fourth: ‘e’ vs. ‘r’ → ‘e’ comes before ‘r’, so asteroids before astronaut

G: galaxy

M words:
- moon
- meteor
→ “moon” vs. “meteor”: second letter ‘o’ vs. ‘e’ → ‘e’ comes before ‘o’, so meteor before moon

P: planet

R: rocket

S words: satellite, shuttle, stars
Compare:
- satellite: s-a-t…
- shuttle: s-h-u…
- stars: s-t-a…

First letter same (s). Second letter:
a (satellite), h (shuttle), t (stars)
Alphabetically: a < h < t
So: satellite, then shuttle, then stars

T words: telescope, tiger
- telescope: t-e-l…
- tiger: t-i-g…
Second letter: e vs. i → e comes before i
So: telescope, then tiger

Now compile full list in order:

1. asteroids
2. astronaut
3. galaxy
4. meteor
5. moon
6. planet
7. rocket
8. satellite
9. shuttle
10. stars
11. telescope
12. tiger

Double-check:
a: asteroids, astronaut ✔
g: galaxy ✔
m: meteor, moon ✔
p: planet ✔
r: rocket ✔
s: satellite, shuttle, stars ✔
t: telescope, tiger ✔

All 12 words accounted for and correctly ordered.

Final Answer:
1. asteroids
2. astronaut
3. galaxy
4. meteor
5. moon
6. planet
7. rocket
8. satellite
9. shuttle
10. stars
11. telescope
12. tiger