astronomy vocabulary
Across
- 4. The galaxy we live in
- 7. Bends light rays
- 8. Layer whose light is only visible during a solar eclipse
- 10. Collects light and separates it into colored bands; helps determine the elements in a star
Down
- 1. Tides that occur are at right angles to each other
- 2. The reason why we have day and night on Earth
- 3. Can have a terrestrial or gaseous surface; movement is based on revolution around the sun and rotation on an axis
- 5. When the moon rotates on its axis and revolves around the Earth as Earth revolves around the sun
- 6. Studied in relation to the planet they orbit
- 9. Sudden, intense explosions that occur near sunspots