Stars Vocabulary and Definitions

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Across
  1. 1. a large explosion that occurs at the end of a high mass star's lifetime
  2. 5. the visible surface of a star that may show sunspots or solar flares
  3. 7. the place in a star where nuclear fusion occurs in a star
  4. 9. a large cloud of gas where stars are formed
  5. 10. the type of eventual star death depends on this
  6. 11. the stage in which a star swells up to many times its mass and outer layers cool
  7. 12. the remnant of an average mass star
  8. 13. how bright a star appears when viewed from Earth
  9. 14. the outermost layer of a star that means "crown"
Down
  1. 2. the hot dense core that will turn into a star only after nuclear fusion begins
  2. 3. a remnant of a star that is made of tightly packed neutrons
  3. 4. the process stars perform in their cores that makes helium
  4. 6. as a massive star begins to die, it will begin to fuse this element into heavier elements like iron
  5. 8. a very low mass star that can live billions or trillions of years