Monday, November 24, 2008

Astronomy Crossword Assignment


Use at least 15 of the following words. Extra words will be worth half a point each of extra credit.
Please write your ACROSS and DOWN clues on the back of your puzzle grid. These words all come from chapter 18 and are in the order of their appearance in the chapter.

  1. parsec
  2. photosphere
  3. proton-proton chain
  4. apparent magnitude
  5. absolute magnitude
  6. HR diagram
  7. main sequence
  8. red giant
  9. white dwarf
  10. nebula
  11. nucleosynthesis
  12. planetary nebula
  13. brown dwarf
  14. nova
  15. supernova
  16. neutron star
  17. black hole
  18. galaxy
  19. globular cluster
  20. Local Group
  21. dark matter
  22. Hubble's law
  23. dark energy
  24. Big Bang
  25. cosmic microwave background (you can use only a part of this and put some of it in your clue)

Thursday, November 20, 2008

Review Sheet

#4) 7 x 10^14 Hz
#5) 450 m/s
#9) the density of the medium is less than the density of air
#14) 9.55 x 10^-16 J
#15) 3.62 x 10^-14 J
#16) 16.5 m/s
#30) 343 m/s