Chapters 15 and 16 Crossword
Across
- 3. We can estimate its luminosity without having to know its distance (2 words).
- 4. The study of the universe as a whole
- 5. A collection of stars held as a group by gravity
- 6. The value of Hubble's _________ indicates the expansion rate of the universe.
- 8. A star whose apparent brightness changes predictably with time.
- 10. Very luminous, central portion of galaxies(3 words)
Down
- 1. A famous cycle occurring inside spiral galaxies (3 words)
- 2. A method that uses the temperature of main sequence stars and their apparent brightness to determine their distance (2 words)
- 7. Molecular gas clouds compressing in the _________ __________ of galaxies form new stars.
- 9. Wide, flat, gas-rich component of spiral galaxies