Science fiction Crossword Puzzle for Kids
Free printable educational crossword puzzle. Every clue is a plain-English sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Science fiction, with the key word blanked out.
Science fiction Crossword
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Across
- 1. David Langford is the editor and it has won several Hugo _____. (6 letters)
- 4. These stories may use time _____ to change the past. (6 letters)
- 6. The Soviet Union produced _____ science fiction too. (6 letters)
- 7. They may be associated with an ongoing science fiction _____, or have regular club meetings, or both. (10 letters)
- 9. Some stories can be in two or more _____ at the same time. (5 letters)
- 10. Steampunk is the idea of future _____ in the past. (10 letters)
- 11. Flash Gordon and Star Wars are also popular _____. (7 letters)
Down
- 1. Clarke are seen as the big three science fiction _____ of the 20th century. (7 letters)
- 2. He once said that science fiction is possible, but _____ is not. (7 letters)
- 3. The probably earliest form of _____ science fiction literature is 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. (8 letters)
- 5. Science fiction stories can be novels, movies, TV shows, video games, _____ books and other literature. (5 letters)
- 6. The Hugo is presented by the World Science Fiction _____ at Worldcon each year. (7 letters)
- 8. The term "time _____" was invented by Wells. (7 letters)
- 12. Science fiction stories often _____ place on other worlds. (4 letters)
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Science fiction Word Search
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Words to Find
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Pick the word that completes each sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article.
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Unscramble each word. The clue is the sentence it was taken from.
How to Solve & Use the Answer Key
This is a fill-in crossword. Each clue is a sentence from the Simple English Wikipedia article on Science fiction, with the key term blanked out. The number in parentheses shows the letter count. Solve interactively on screen or check Show answers to view the answer key. To print a clean student worksheet, press Print Puzzle.
Science fiction Crossword Answer Key & Definitions
Show Complete Answers & Word Definitions
- 1 Across: AWARDS — An award is something given to a person or group of people to recognize that they have done something very good. Simple English Wikipedia: Award
- 4 Across: TRAVEL — Travel is the activity of going from one place to another place. Simple English Wikipedia: Travel
- 6 Across: SOCIAL — A society is a group of individuals involved in persistent social interaction or a large social group sharing the same spatial or social territory, typically subject to the same political authority and dominant cultural expectations. Wikipedia: Society
- 7 Across: CONVENTION
- 9 Across: GENRE — Genre is any style or form of communication in any mode (written, spoken, digital, artistic, etc.) with socially agreed-upon conventions developed over time. Simple English Wikipedia: Genre
- 10 Across: TECHNOLOGY — Technology is the skills, methods, and processes used to achieve goals. Simple English Wikipedia: Technology
- 11 Across: EXAMPLE — An example (Latin exemplum, the shorthand e.g. Simple English Wikipedia: Example
- 1 Down: AUTHORS — An author is a person who makes an original piece of work. Simple English Wikipedia: Author
- 2 Down: FANTASY — Fantasy is a genre of fiction (make believe) that shows some form of magic or supernatural elements. Simple English Wikipedia: Fantasy
- 3 Down: MARITIME
- 5 Down: COMIC — Comic books are books with comics, using pictures to tell a story. Simple English Wikipedia: Comic book
- 6 Down: SOCIETY — Society is the term to describe human beings together as a collective entity – the sum of their social networks and social interactions. Simple English Wikipedia: Society
- 8 Down: MACHINE — A machine is a thing that is created by people to make work easier. Simple English Wikipedia: Machine
- 12 Down: TAKE — A take is a performance which is continuously recorded. Simple English Wikipedia: Take
Definitions adapted from Simple English Wikipedia and Wikipedia articles (week 2026-W41), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Read about Science fiction
Science fiction (often shortened to sci-fi or SF) is a genre of speculative fiction which deals with imaginative and futuristic concepts such as advanced science and technology, space exploration, interstellar travel, parallel universes, and extraterrestrial life. It has been called the "literature of ideas", and it often explores the potential consequences of scientific, social, and technological innovations. Science fiction stories can be novels, movies, TV shows, video games, comic books and other literature.
SF is often about the future. It can be about imaginary new science and inventions such as spaceships, aliens, and robots. Science fiction stories are often in a world that is very different from the real world. They can have science and tools that do not exist in reality. Science fiction stories often take place on other worlds. There are often alien creatures.
Science fiction is drastically different from fantasy. Fantasy stories often have magic and other things that do not exist and are not science. Isaac Asimov was a famous science fiction writer. He once said that science fiction is possible, but fantasy is not.
Writers often use SF to explain everyday questions or problems by putting them in the future. Usually they invent a very different world to help people notice important ideas.
Early examples of science fiction
Science fiction changes over time. Some authors wrote SF books before this type of writing had a name. These writers and books were not called science fiction when they were published. But, they are often called science fiction today.
Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Arthur C. Clarke are seen as the big three science fiction authors of the 20th century.
Philip K. Dick, Poul Anderson and William Gibson are other well-known science fiction authors from the 20th century.
Star Trek – a 1960s American TV show that led to a media franchise.
Star Wars -a trilogy of movies preceded by a novel that turned into a media franchise
Text adapted from the Simple English Wikipedia article “Science fiction” (revision 10878166, 2026-06-03), authors, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.