Unit 3 Science Vocabulary Space
Across
- 2. Dwarf A small hot dim star would be if it were seen from a standard distance.
- 4. A gigantic explosion in which a massive star collapses and throws its outer layers into space
- 6. Magnitude The brightness of a star as seen on earth.
- 7. Space and all the matter and energy in it.
- 8. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity.
- 9. Star A star that has collapsed under gravity to the point that the electrons and protons have smashed together to form neutrons.
- 10. year The distance that light travels in a year; about 9.46 trillion kilometers
Down
- 1. A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space; a region where stars are born.
- 3. diagram Hetzsprung-Russell diagram a graph that shows the relationship between a stars surface temperature and absolute magnitude.
- 5. Spectrum All of the frequencies of wavelenghts of electromagnetic radiation.