Stars and Sun Review
Across
- 2. Tool used by scientists to classify stars
- 3. Weakest of the fundamental forces
- 4. "Layer" of the Sun that protects the solar system
- 6. Caused by interactions between the Earth's atmosphere and solar phenomena that reach Earth
- 10. Solar phenomena that intensify over 11 year cycles
- 12. Color of cooler temperature stars
- 13. Color of hotter temperature stars
- 14. Most dense layer of the Sun
- 16. Middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere
- 17. Powerful bursts of energy from the Sun's photosphere, can cause geomagnetic storms
- 19. Years in a solar cycle
- 21. A colorful, circular cloud of gas & dust surrounding a very white star
- 26. Part of the Sun responsible for generating solar phenomena
- 27. Nuclear reaction that powers stars, lighter elements form heavier elements
- 28. The lifecycle path of a star depends on their what?
- 29. Energy in this layer of the Sun can take170,000 years to escape!
- 30. Stage our Sun will turn into once it runs out of it's hydrogen
Down
- 1. The most abundant element in the universe
- 5. Strongest of the fundamental forces
- 7. Visible surface of the Sun, sunspots are found here
- 8. All stars begin in this stage
- 9. Stage after nebula, before fusion begins
- 11. Random breakdown of atoms
- 12. Type of star that is able to produce the most heavy elements through fusion
- 15. Third most dense layer of the Sun, hot plasma rises & cooler plasma sinks
- 18. After the Sun explodes, it will turn into this stage
- 20. A measure of a star's brightness
- 22. Stars larger than our Sun are referred to as this
- 23. Where/when most material in the Universe was generated
- 24. Nuclear reaction where heavy elements break down into smaller elements
- 25. Outermost layer of the Sun, shines in X-ray and UV lights