Vocabulary
Across
- 5. Natural force that pulls objects with mass towards each other
- 6. subatomic particle with no charge
- 9. measures a celestial object's real, intrinsic brightness
- 12. process used to explore nature, ask questions, & test ideas
- 14. total amount of light or radiant energy an object gives off per second
- 15. unit of length used to measure huge distances in space
Down
- 1. measure of length from Earth to the sun
- 2. measure of how bright a star, planet, or other object looks in the sky when you view it from Earth
- 3. subatomic particle with positive charge
- 4. path an object takes in space to move around another object, usually curved
- 6. reaction where 2 light atomic nuclei combine to form a single nucleus
- 7. universe sphere-shaped region of space centered on Earth
- 8. unit of distance, total space that a beam of light travels in one Earth year
- 10. subatomic particle with negative charge
- 11. Basic building block of matter, made up of protons, neutrons, & electrons
- 13. push or a pull up on an object that results from the objects interacting