Across
- 6. the second era of the universe (the current era)
- 7. a baby planet
- 10. a star ignites when it begins nuclear ______
- 12. at first, the universe was only a few _________ wide
- 13. the theory that explains how the universe formed
- 15. in the radiation era, no matter existed - only ______
- 16. the building blocks of life that formed from star explosions
- 17. a supported scientific explanation of an event or phenomenon
- 18. the epoch where stars first formed
Down
- 1. everything that exists
- 2. when matter clumps together
- 3. the first era of the universe was the _______ era
- 4. the first element that formed in the universe
- 5. scientists that study the universe
- 8. the four large outer planets
- 9. the four inner rocky planets
- 11. the theory that explains how the solar system formed
- 14. the universe started out as an extremely _____ object
