Universe of vocabulary CarmenWallace Period 5th
Across
- 3. Way Galaxy-The huge grouping of stars that rotate around a center of which the Sun and the solar system are a part.
- 6. luminous celestial body around which the Earth and other planets revolve;composed mainly of hydrogen an helium.
- 9. Galaxy-A galaxy that does not fit into any category;a galaxy with very little symmetry.
- 10. center-Rotational center of a huge galaxy such as the Milky Way Galaxy.
- 11. Diagram-A plot of the surface temperature (color) of stars vs. their luminosity (brightness).
- 14. Galaxy-A galaxy with bulge in the center and very distinct long arms winding around the center.
- 16. Lanes-Bands of dust that appear as dark ribbons against the bright stars in a galaxy.
- 17. Hole-An object with more than four solar masses squeezed into a ball only 10km across whose gravity is so strong that even light can not escape.
- 18. Model-A representation of an object that is accurate in its proportions to the actual object.
Down
- 1. space and the matter space contains.
- 2. Galaxy-A galaxy with a bright center and very little dust or gas.
- 4. Galaxy-Galaxy with a central bulge or bar with short arms,if any are present.
- 5. of Light-How fast light travels,300,000km/sec.
- 6. Mass-Used in astronomy as a standard unit to compare the size of other stars with our Sun.
- 7. large grouping of stars in space.
- 8. Arms-Areas of stars that spread out from the center of a spiral galaxy.
- 12. cloud of gas and dust in insterstellar space;the location of star formation.
- 13. death of a large star by explosion.
- 15. self-luminouse celestial body consisting of a mass of gas held together by its own gravity in which the energy is generated by nuclear reactions in its interior.