Big Bang Theory
Across
- 1. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 10. the physical interaction among electric charges, magnetic moments, and the electromagnetic field
- 11. Temperature is the degree of hotness or coldness of an object
- 12. a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe.
- 13. an increase in the wavelength
- 15. A black hole is a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, including light or other electromagnetic waves, has enough energy to escape it.
Down
- 2. the distance light travels in one year.
- 3. Dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter thought to account for approximately 85% of the matter in the universe.
- 4. the average density of matter required for the Universe to just halt its expansion, but only after an infinite time.
- 5. An alternative term for the radiation era in the Big Bang theory, during which the Universe was hot and dense and was dominated by the effects of radiation.
- 6. In the Big Bang theory, the era that started when the gravitational effect of matter began to dominate the effect of radiation pressure.
- 7. change in observed wavelength, or frequency
- 8. the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature (equivalent in size to the degree Celsius), first introduced as the unit used in the Kelvin scale.
- 9. a completely empty space.
- 14. instruments that measure electromagnetic radiation, from ultraviolet to infrared, including the visible spectrum.