The Big Bang Theory vocabulary
Across
- 6. Light from an object moving towards an observer shifts to shorter, higher-frequency wavelengths, making it appear bluer
- 7. Nstruments that split electromagnetic radiation (light) into its component wavelengths
- 11. German-born physicist and activist who revolutionized physics with his theory of relativity and made significant contributions to quantum theory.
- 12. Renowned American avant-garde playwright, director, and visual artist known for his revolutionary, slow-paced experimental theater that merged architecture, lighting, and movement.
- 14. The lightest, simplest, and most abundant chemical element, atomic number 1
- 16. A colorless, odorless, tasteless, nonflammable noble gas
- 17. The capacity to do work, cause change, or move matter, measured in joules
- 18. The entire range of all types of electromagnetic radiation, organized by frequency, wavelength, and photon energy
Down
- 1. The narrow band of electromagnetic radiation that the human eye can detect
- 2. German-American astrophysicist who co-discovered the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, providing crucial evidence for the Big Bang theory
- 3. A distinguished British astronomer and mathematician famous for co-developing the stellar nucleosynthesis theory—explaining how elements are created inside stars—and for coining the term "Big Bang".
- 4. The faint, nearly uniform, remnant heat left over from the Big Bang, filling all space in the observable universe
- 5. The prevailing scientific model explaining that the universe expanded from an extremely hot, dense
- 8. The totality of all space, time, matter, and energy
- 9. The stretching of light toward longer, redder wavelengths as an object moves away from the observer or as space expands
- 10. Study of everything beyond Earth’s atmosphere, including planets, stars, galaxies, and the universe's large-scale structure
- 13. A pioneering American astronomer who revolutionized cosmology by proving that galaxies exist outside our own and that the universe is expanding
- 15. A massive, gravitational bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter