The Sun
Across
- 2. The absence of matter; empty space
- 6. a combination of two or more atoms
- 8. the process of creating electrically charged atoms or molecules
- 10. a very narrow short-lived jet of gas shooting out from the chromosphere
- 11. An icy interplanetary body that, when heated by the sun as it enters the inner
- 12. The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere
- 13. the lightest element
- 16. A mass of gaseous material large enough to trigger nuclear reactions to trigger nuclear reactions in its core
- 17. A sudden, short-lived burst of energy from the sun that can eject gas at high speeds
- 18. an old main-sequence star whose surface layers have expanded enormously
Down
- 1. when the moon covers the whole sun leaving only the corona visible
- 3. the heating of the planets atmosphere by the absorption of heat radiated from its surface
- 4. the second lightest element
- 5. A shape like a flattened circle or oval
- 6. Any body orbiting around a planet
- 7. An electrically charged atom or molecule
- 9. A rocky or metallic interplanetary body
- 12. The densest inner region of a star,planet, or other object
- 14. A star smaller than the average size
- 15. An event when the shadow of one body falls onto another