Across
- 2. gravitational pull is(increased OR decreased)when the mass is larger
- 4. solar system model with Earth at the center
- 5. elements have different number of ___________ in their nucleus
- 8. mountains with vents plural
- 11. Hubble noticed that objects are moving away from Earth, when looking at spectra this is seen as a ___________
- 16. the luminosity of our sun
- 17. layer of the Earth that is under the most amount of pressure
- 19. distance between the two foci of an ellipse
- 23. plate boundary where faults form
- 24. a device that breaks incoming light into wavelength/frequency
- 26. _______ theory, theory of solar system formation
- 29. the shape of an orbit
- 36. dark flat plains of the moon
- 37. a force that pulls objects towards the center
- 38. the type of crust that will subduct underneath
- 39. baby star
- 40. mass plus the gravitational pull would be your ______
- 43. partial or complete obscuring of light
- 44. color of stars with the shortest lifespan, hottest, and biggest
- 47. moving around a central axis
- 49. type of rock that is made of sediment
- 52. unit of temperature used to measure stars
- 53. rocky inner planets
- 56. the horizontal/x-axis of the HR diagram
- 57. the process in which stars make heat, light, and energy
- 58. a ball of gas held together by its own gravity
- 60. to find eccentricity you must _______ the focal length by the major axis
- 63. the moon is a natural ___________
- 67. a sideways and downward motion of two colliding plates
- 71. the sun is a ________ main sequence star
- 72. ________ eclipse where the order of bodies is Sun, Earth, moon
- 74. the vertical/y-axis of the HR diagram
- 75. Gas giants on the outside of our solar system are also known as _________
- 76. gravitational pull is (increased OR decreased) with a farther distance
- 77. the planet with the shortest rotation
- 78. planets that orbit another star
- 79. the Earth's is 365 days
- 80. _____________ currents, causes continental drift
- 81. distance time travels in a year
Down
- 1. the densest known object, bends light, end of high mass star's life
- 3. ______ _____ theory, theory for the formation of the universe
- 6. type of sedimentary rock that has fossils
- 7. minerals gluing pieces of sediment together to form sedimentary rock
- 9. cosmic background _____________ is a piece of evidence of the big bang theory
- 10. moon _________, setting up an establishment on the moon
- 12. cooler magma will ______ (movement)
- 13. the _____________ space station
- 14. color of stars with the longest lifespan, coolest, and smallest
- 15. ratio that describes the shape of an orbit
- 18. phase of the moon where the moon appears completely blank
- 20. specific igneous rock that is formed from cooled lava (hint: opposite of __trusive)
- 21. an eccentricity closer to 1 means the ellipse is more...
- 22. a process that happened in the past that still occurs today
- 25. plate boundary where trenches form
- 27. the ______ disk has a large mass at the center which will eventually become the sun
- 28. famous dwarf planet in our solar system
- 30. striped pattern that forms in metamorphic rocks
- 31. phase of a star's life that fuses helium to iron
- 32. darkest part of a shadow formed during a solar eclipse
- 33. % of stars that are in main sequence, % of life spent in this stage
- 34. pre planet step of nebular theory
- 35. end of low/med mass star's life, no fusion
- 41. an object moving towards will show a ________ on spectra
- 42. molten rock inside the crust
- 45. phase of a star's life that fuses hydrogen to helium
- 46. __________ units (AU) measurement of distance, avg distance from sun to the Earth
- 48. form of space exploration that involves taking samples of other planets, requires a little "robot"
- 50. an eccentricity closer to 0 means the ellipse is more...
- 51. the birth place of stars
- 54. movement of sediment from wind, water, etc
- 55. hotter magma is ______ dense which causes it to rise
- 56. ________ plates, Earth's crust divided into pieces
- 58. a violent explosion at the end of a high mass star's life
- 59. phase of a star's life that fuses helium to carbon
- 61. focus two of the orbit model
- 62. solar system model with Sun at the center
- 64. sublayer of the mantle that is closest to the crust
- 65. _________ __________ theory, theory of moon formation
- 66. the planet with the longest revolution
- 68. plate boundary where new sea floor is created
- 69. widest point of the ellipse
- 70. sublayer of the mantle where convection current occur
- 73. ________ brightness, how we view stars from Earth