Across
- 4. When a white dwarf loses all of it's energy and stops emitting light it has reached the ______ ______ stage.
- 7. stars which are 1000 times bigger than sun.
- 9. a cloud of gas formed from helium to carbon that surrounds a red giant.
- 13. used in astronomy to investigate and measure the spectra produced by matter interacting with or emitting electromagnetic radiation.
- 15. the temperature at or near the surface of an object
- 16. true brightness no matter it's distance from Earth.
- 17. a massive swirling cloud in the earliest stage of a star’s life.
- 18. The smallest known stars.
- 19. When a main sequence star runs out of hydrogen fuel to burn, it may expand to a ___ ______.
- 21. Massive stars burn their fuel ________ than small stars so they have shorter life spans.
- 23. Once a star's heat energy has "turned on" and becomes stable,it becomes a ____ _________ ___.
- 24. massive clouds of dust and gas in space.
- 25. neutron stars that emit radio waves in pulses due to their spinning motions.
Down
- 1. a place in space where gravity pulls so much that even light cannot get out.
- 2. stars with diameters bigger than the orbit of Mars.
- 3. Sun is classified as a _________ dwarf star, though it is bigger than the size of a white dwarf star.
- 5. a _______ dwarf is a star that has a diameter that is almost similar to the size of Earth.
- 6. diagram shows the relationship between surface temperature and absolute brightness of stars.
- 8. in the whilte dwarf stage,a star's matter is extremely ______.
- 10. star’s brightness as seen from Earth.
- 11. the time a star burns for and the span of their life cycle depend on it's ______.
- 12. Stars that are bigger than the giant stars.
- 14. the amount of light a star radiates
- 20. a powerful explosion resulting from nuclear fusion stopping in a supergiant star.
- 22. Smaller stars will last for several ________ years.