Space Unit Review
Across
- 3. Planets that have a relatively small, dense core and are surrounded by massive layers of gas
- 5. Galaxies farther from us are moving away at a faster rate
- 6. The measure of how bright a star appears when viewed from a dark-viewing site on Earth
- 11. A magnetic storm on the surface of the Sun during which streams of charged particles are ejected into space
- 13. The measure of how bright a star would be if observed at a distance of 32.6 light years
- 14. A giant cloud of dust and gas in space
- 15. Used to determine the composition of a star by analyzing the spectrum and spectral lines of the star
- 16. Collection of objects that orbits the Sun
- 19. A collection of 100,000 to a million stars, found around the centre of the Milky Way
- 20. Launched into space to orbit a planet or a moon
- 21. Uses a lens to collect light from an object
Down
- 1. Uses a mirror to collect light from an object
- 2. A collection of stars, planets, gas, and dust held together by gravity
- 4. A body that could/will come together with many others under gravitation to form a planet
- 7. The widely accepted theory of the formation of the universe
- 8. Satellites that take 24 hours to complete one orbit
- 9. A star’s total energy output per second
- 10. Instruments used to detect electromagnetic radiation
- 12. Stars that are smaller in mass than the Sun and consume their hydrogen over 100 billion years
- 17. Galaxies that contain some of the oldest stars in the universe
- 18. Occurs when the light from a celestial body is blocked by the shadow of another object