Space vocab

1. Eruptions caused by plasma on the sun heated by magnetic energy.
5. a gaseous body much larger then anything else in a solar system, also referred to as a star.
6. Huge loops of plasma that are plolarized.
9. Visible light that can separate into different colors with different wavelengths.
10. Small body's composed mostly of rock, & can sometimes enter orbit.
13. Small chunks of rock or dust broken off of an asteroid, or just smaller than an asteroid.
14. The distance between the crest of one wave & the crest of the next.
18. Energy that can travel in the form of waves that is emitted by all objects in space.

1. consists of a sun, planets, their moons, & a variety of smaller objects.
2. A unit used to measure large distances in space, equaling about 150,000,000 kilometers per unit.
3. The middle layer of the suns atmosphere, can sometimes give off a reddish glow.
4. A celestial body in orbit of something, also referred to as a natural satellite.
7. A round object that orbits around its sun & has cleared out the region of its solar system around its orbit.
8. Instruments that collect & focus light & other forms of electromagnetic radiation.
9. Dark areas of plasma on the suns surface that are cooler then the plasma around them.
11. The light that you can see.
12. Streams of electrically charged particles from the corona layer of the sun.
15. Loose balls of ice & rock that usually have very long, narrow orbits, & can develop tails or streaks as they orbit the sun.
16. The inner layer of the suns atmosphere & the deepest visible layer of the sun that can be observed.
17. The outer layer of the suns atmosphere which gives the sun the "white halo" around it & extends for millions of kilometers into space, can also eventually give way to solar wind particles.