Unit 3 Vocab

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Across
  1. 5. An object in which we can see distant matter
  2. 6. When the tide is being influenced by the moon and sun at the same time
  3. 7. The distance light can travel in a year
  4. 8. The place in which all matter and space exist
  5. 9. When a star collapses on itself and explodes
  6. 14. A part of spacetime where nothing can escape
  7. 16. The stellar core left behind after a star dies
  8. 18. The path in which an object moves in space when affected by gravity
  9. 21. A rotating disk of gas surrounding a newly forming star
  10. 23. An invention used to create and record spectra for research
  11. 24. The gravitation force on an object
  12. 26. A huge cloud of dust occupying the space between stars
Down
  1. 1. The spectrum of electromagnetic radiation
  2. 2. A man made object in orbit around the earth
  3. 3. A graph where absolute magnitudes of stars are graphed
  4. 4. When two nuclei combine and release energy
  5. 10. The change in wavelength and frequency depending on the observation point
  6. 11. The way astronomers believe the universe began
  7. 12. A unpiloted device that explores the universe
  8. 13. Tides when the sun and moon are at a right angle to eachother
  9. 15. A spiral galaxy that holds our solar system
  10. 17. A system of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity
  11. 19. The force that pulls everything together
  12. 20. The amount of matter in an object
  13. 22. Illuminated plasma held together by it's own gravity
  14. 25. Long periods of waves affected by the moons gravitation pull