Unit 3 vocab crossword puzzle (test)
Across
- 4. the pattern of lines formed when light passes through a prism to separate it into the different frequencies of light it contains
- 6. a tide that happens seven days after a spring tide.
- 8. the property of a body that is a measure of its inertia and that is commonly taken as a measure of the amount of material it contains
- 10. a massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources.
- 11. a device used to observe distant objects by their emission, absorption, or reflection of electromagnetic radiation.
- 12. an instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- 13. a very long-period waves that move through the ocean in response to the forces exerted by the moon and sun.
- 16. a tide just after a new or full moon, when there is the greatest difference between high and low water.
- 19. a region in space where the gravity is so strong nothing can escape
- 20. an invisible force that holds things down
- 21. the distance light travels in one year.
- 22. what stars like the Sun become after they have exhausted their nuclear fuel.
- 23. a scatter plot of stars showing the relationship between the stars' absolute magnitudes or luminosities versus their stellar classifications or effective temperatures.
- 25. a physical theory that describes how the universe expanded from an initial state of high density and temperature.
Down
- 1. a nuclear reaction in which atomic nuclei of low atomic number fuse to form a heavier nucleus with the release of energy.
- 2. The change in frequency of a wave in relation to an observer who is moving relative to the wave source.
- 3. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
- 5. all existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.
- 7. a powerful and luminous explosion of a star
- 9. a celestial body orbiting another of larger size.
- 10. an unpiloted, unmanned device sent to explore space and gather scientific information.
- 14. body's relative mass or the quantity of matter contained by it.
- 15. an enormous cloud of dust and gas occupying the space between stars and acts as a nursery for new stars.
- 17. a rotating circumstellar disk of dense gas surrounding a young newly formed star.
- 18. a cloud of stars,dust,and planets
- 24. the galaxy that we live in