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Name _____________________________
Date ___________________
The Sun and Stars
(Answer ID # 0938500)
Complete the puzzle.
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black gas nebula flare
eclipse ten white wind
fusion sunspot apparent red
sun eight absolute photosphere
earth blue core magnitude
temperature spiral spectroscope universe
waves size

 

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1.  The final stage of a star's life cycle is a ____ dwarf, when the star will stop giving off any light.
2.  Scientists believe that a star like the sun will shine for approximately ____ billion years.
3.  A solar ____ is a fast-moving stream of charged particles that flows from the sun's corona and is released into space.
4.  A dark area on the sun that is caused by magnetic storms.
5.  The star at the center of the solar system.
6.  This is the surface of the sun.
7.  The Milky Way is known as a ____ galaxy.
8.  Scientists estimate that the ____ may have as many as 200 billion stars.
9.  Energy released from the sun travels through space in ____.
10.  The four characteristics of stars include its ____, brightness, color, and temperature.
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3.  A red giant that uses all its fuel will begin to collapse into a ____ dwarf. At this stage of a star's life cycle the star will give out very little light.
11.  The sun is a huge ball of ____.
12.  A star may form from this cloud of gas and dust in space.
13.  A solar ____ is a sudden burst of energy or radiation from the sun.
14.  The corona of the sun can only be seen during an ____.
15.  The joining together of two or more atoms to form another atom. This powers the sun and other stars.
16.  The ____ magnitude of a star is a measure of how bright a star seems to be when viewed from Earth.
17.  A ___ giant is an old star of average size that has begun to expand and cool as its fuel has begun to run out.
18.  Sunlight takes ____ minutes to reach Earth.
19.  The ____ magnitude of a star is a measure of the actual brightness of a star. This measurement does not depend on the distance of the star from Earth.
20.  The sun is about 93 million miles away from this planet.
21.  ____ stars are stars with the hottest surface temperature.
22.  The ____, the radiation zone, the photosphere, the convection zone, and the corona make up the layers of the sun.
23.  A measure of the brightness of a star.
24.  The color of a star is determined by its ____.
25.  An instrument used by astronomers to study the light given off by stars.

 


Answer Key 0938500
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