Ch. 11 Vocab. Quiz- 5th Crossword
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
                                    
 
 
Down: 1) The belief that the movements and positions of the stars and other heavenly bodies influence people's lives. 2) A cloud of gases and debris that travels among the stars.4) A group of several hundred to a few thousand stars with no particular arrangement. 5) A meteoroid large enough to survive the fall through the atmosphere of a solar system object and hit the ground. 6) A star group containing two stars that revolve around each other.7) A variable star that has cycles of swelling and brightening, then shrinking and dimming.11) A star system that contains billions of stars, dust, gases, and other objects in space held together by gravity. 14) An existing star that suddenly flares and become hundreds or thousands of times brighter than normal. 17) A group of galaxies that include the Milky Way and travels together in space. 19) A rocky object in space that is smaller than an asteroid. Across: 1) The scientific study of the stars and other heavenly objects. 3) A device that separates light from stars into its different colors and gives information about temperature and composition. 8) A group of stars that appear to form a pattern in the sky; used to locate and name individual stars. 9) A spiral galaxy with two or more arms and a bar-like, thickened region connecting opposite arms. 10) A galaxy that looks like a smooth, glowing disk or flattened sphere of stars. 12) A star's actual brightness. 13) An area of extreme gravity that may result from the collapse of a large star. 15) The violent end of a very large star. 16) A variable star that changes in apparent magnitude when on star passes in front of another star. 18) An icy chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that continuously orbits the sun. 19) A meteoroid that falls through Earth's atmosphere and heats up until it glows; a "shooting star".20) A telescope that uses a lens and mirrors to make objects appear larger. 21) A star's apparent brightness as viewed from earth.22) A telescope that ONLY uses lenses to make objects appear larger. 23) A smaller rocky object that orbits the sun and is much smaller than a planet.
 

 

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