Across
- 2. Diagram graph in which the absolute magnitude of stars are plotted against their temperatures
- 4. huge celestial bodies madeof hydrogen and helium that produce light and heat from the churning nuclear forges inside their cores
- 10. a young star forming from a collapsing region within a molecular cloud
- 11. an enormous explosion that destroys a star
- 12. galaxy an oval shaped galaxy, made of old stars and does not have much gas or dust
- 14. star a star with a large radius for its mass and temperature, resulting in high brightness
- 16. an attractive force that exists between all objects that have mass
- 17. sequence star a band of stars on a Hertzsprung-Russell (HR) diagram representing the stages a star goes through during most of its life
- 20. nebula a region of cosmic gas and dust formed from the cast off outer layers of a dying star
- 21. Way Galaxy the spiral galaxy of which the Sun and the solar system are a part.
Down
- 1. all of space and everything in it including stars, planets, and galaxies
- 3. large cloud of gas and dust that contracts under gravitational force and breaks apart into smaller pieces
- 4. galaxy a galaxy exhibiting a central nucleus from which extend curved arms of higher luminosity
- 5. shift the shift to a different wavelength
- 6. galaxy a galaxy with no identifiable shape or structure
- 7. the path an object follows as it moves around another object
- 8. dwarf what stars like the sun become after they have exhausted their nuclear fuel
- 9. system the Sun together with the group of celestial bodies that are held by its attraction and revolve around it
- 13. background radiation leftover energy from the Big Bang
- 15. year distance light travels in a year
- 16. a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity
- 18. matter an invisible form of matter that does not emit any detectable electromagnetic energy of its own
- 19. energy an invisible form of energy that creates a repulsive force causing the universe to expand
