Unit 14 Terminology
Across
- 4. this galaxy is our nearest neighbor that we will collide with in around 4 billion years
- 5. the concept that wavelengths get shorter and stronger or longer and weaker depending on where you are (same as effect)
- 7. an exoplanet the size of Jupiter/Saturn
- 9. a collection of galaxies
- 11. this shaped galaxy has a central disk with arms coming from it
- 14. this subtype of spiral galaxy has a rod-shaped central region
- 16. the point of a black hole where you cannot escape its gravity
- 18. nearest exoplanet that is 4 light years away
- 23. a rocky planet no more than 2x the mass of earth
- 24. any planet outside of our solar system
- 25. the attraction of objects that have mass
- 26. a planet that is most likely gas between 2x and 4x Earth's mass
- 29. an exoplanet Earth-sized and smaller made of a rocky material
Down
- 1. the changing of a star to blue as it gets closer to us
- 2. a collection of stars, planets, solar systems, gas, dust and dark matter all held together by gravity
- 3. the center of a black hole where mass and gravity seem infinite
- 6. matter in the universe that cannot be seen or observed
- 8. these are some of the largest black holes
- 10. this shaped galaxy tends to be oval or spherical in shape
- 12. our supercluster
- 13. this shaped galaxy has no true or uniform shape
- 15. this shaped galaxy has a central disk region but no arms
- 17. a collection of clusters
- 19. the changing of a star to red as it moves away from us
- 20. this type of black hole forms from stars that are 20x and higher our sun's mass
- 21. the arm region we are in within the milky way galaxy
- 22. the theory of how the universe began
- 27. these theoretical black holes form when stellar black holes merge
- 28. an exoplanet around the size of Uranus/Neptune