Big Bang Theory Vocabulary Project - Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. Stars which brigthen and dim periodically
- 5. The opposite effect is referred to asredshift
- 6. A theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe
- 13. The average density of matter required for the Universe to just halt its expansion
- 14. A point at which a function takes an infinite value, especially in space-time when matter is infinitely dense, as at the center of a black hole.
- 15. The study of the relations between heat, work, temperature, and energy
- 16. Forces responsible for shaping the universe we inhabit.
- 17. Displacement of the spectrum of an astronomical object toward longer (red) wavelengths
- 19. The idea that the universe began as just a single point, then expanded and stretched to grow as large as it is right now
- 20. A completely empty space.
- 22. The science of the origin and development of the universe
- 24. An alternative term for the radiation era
- 25. Apparent displacement or the difference in apparent direction
- 26. Begins about 50,000 years after the Big Bang.
- 27. When two light nuclei merge to form a single heavier nucleus
- 28. The degree or intensity of heat present
- 29. The distance light travels in one year
- 30. A pair of equal and oppositely charged or magnetized poles separated by a distance.
Down
- 1. Lines used to identify atoms and molecules.
- 2. What is the twin of almost all the subatomic particles that make up our universe?
- 4. The changes in frequency of any kind of sound or light wave produced by a moving source with respect to an observer
- 7. What space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990 and remains in operation?
- 8. The physical interaction among electric charges, magnetic moments, and the electromagnetic field.
- 9. What instruments that measure electromagnetic radiation?
- 10. A system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity
- 11. The SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature
- 12. The blackbody radiation at a temperature of 2.725 Kelvin
- 18. The moon is in?
- 21. 85% of the matter in the universe.
- 23. Gaia BH1 and Gaia BH2 are the closest to Earth