Unit 2 Review
Across
- 3. is the hottest and densest part of the sun, where nuclear fusion occurs to generate energy
- 5. a graph of a stars brightness and temperature
- 7. bodies that orbited the Sun prior to the planets' formation
- 8. stars are classified by the elements they absorb
- 13. the darkest portion of a sunspot
- 14. the tendency of an object moving above Earth's surface to curve away from its path of travel
- 16. a planet-centered solar system
- 17. the amount of energy radiated by a star
- 19. a Sun-centered solar system
- 20. a giant cloud of gas, dust, and ice in space
Down
- 1. is a tremendous explosion on the Sun that happens when energy stored in 'twisted' magnetic fields is suddenly released
- 2. the Sun is approximately ____ million miles away
- 4. temperature on the Hertzsprung-Russell diagrams is written in
- 6. to go around something in a closed orbit
- 9. the lightest portion of a sunspot
- 10. to spin on an axis
- 11. all of the light given off by a star
- 12. Latin word for the Sun
- 15. is also known as the tilt of the Earth
- 18. matter sticking together under the influence of gravity