Across
- 3. The speed at which a galaxy is moving away is proportional to its distance from us
- 8. The name of our galaxy.
- 11. If a wave travels at a constant speed, increasing its frequency will __________its wavelength.
- 12. This was formed about 5000 million years ago.
- 13. The unit of frequency.
- 15. When electric lights on Earth make it difficult to see the stars.
- 18. Small, icy masses that have a highly elliptical orbit of the Sun
- 19. P waves are
- 22. If you multiply frequency by wavelength you get
- 24. When spectrum lines are displaced towards the red end of the spectrum.
- 27. Large masses that orbit the Sun.
- 28. The theory that says that the Universe began with a huge explosion 14000million years ago.
- 30. An example of a longitudinal wave.
- 31. Old rock is destroyed through...
- 32. This is approximately 14000 million years old.
- 33. The estimated age of the Earth.
- 34. The number of waves produced in one second.
- 36. The maximum disturbance caused by a wave.
- 37. Form along colliding plate boundaries.
- 38. The distance between corresponding points on two adjacent disturbances of a wave.
Down
- 1. Geologists can see how quickly crust is forming by the _____ of the stripes.
- 2. If there is not enough mass in the Universe it will keep
- 4. Large distances in space are measured in
- 5. Can be caused by earthquakes near coastlines.
- 6. An example of a transverse wave.
- 7. S waves are
- 9. Pulled dust and gas together to start the formation of the solar system.
- 10. Earthquake wave motions are detected by instruments on Earths surface, such as a
- 14. These cause magma to rise
- 16. The lines where plates meet are
- 17. This is 500 million years older than the Earth.
- 20. Small, rocky masses that orbit the Sun.
- 21. A natural hazard
- 23. If there is too much mass in the Universe gravity will cause it to
- 25. The Sun gets its energy from nuclear
- 26. The Earths surface is cracked into several large pieces called
- 29. Theory proposed by Wegener.
- 35. Relative brightness and parallax are two ways to measure what in space?
