Stars Review
Across
- 2. In order for a protostar to become main sequence nuclear ____ has to occur
- 5. device that divides incoming light by wavelength and frequency
- 6. distance from the sun to the earth (AU), _______ units
- 9. luminosity of the sun
- 11. the end phase of a high mass star with a smaller core
- 14. color of light with the greatest wavelength
- 15. star phase that fuses helium to carbon
- 17. element with 100 protons
- 18. atoms of the same element have the same number of _______
- 21. What white dwarves, neutron stars, and black holes fuse
- 23. type of brightness for how we view stars from earth
- 27. element with the symbol Sg
- 28. the element formed in main sequence
- 29. element with 86 protons
- 31. the temperature scale used for stars
- 33. blue stars have the _______ lifespan
- 34. the process in which stars make energy
- 38. distance between waves
- 39. color of light with the greatest frequency
- 40. star phase that fuses helium to iron
- 43. the center of atoms
- 44. element with the symbol Pd
- 45. the heaviest element fused in red super giants
- 46. distance light travels in a year
- 47. brightness of stars compared to other stars
Down
- 1. red stars have the ______ lifespan
- 3. smallest unit of matter
- 4. energy that moves through space as a wave, __________ energy
- 7. element with 116
- 8. theory for the formation of the universe from a large explosion
- 10. the y-axis of the HR diagram
- 12. the x-axis of the HR diagram
- 13. the heaviest element fused in red giants
- 16. number of peaks in a specific period of time
- 19. the element fused in Main Sequence
- 20. the end phase of a high mass star with a larger core
- 22. the birthplace of stars
- 24. baby star
- 25. star phase that fuses hydrogen to helium
- 26. violent explosion at the end of a high mass star
- 30. ___% of stars are in main sequence
- 32. the part of the electromagnetic radiation spectrum that we can see with the naked eye
- 35. element with the symbol Lr
- 36. the end phase for a low mass star
- 37. the most common type of star
- 41. light, heat, and _____ is produced during nuclear fusion
- 42. subatomic particles with no charge