Astronomy

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Write the missing letters on the lines to finish each word.

1.
L g h Y e a
The distance that ___ travels in a vacuum in 1 ___
2.
P r i m a C e n u i
3.
G l a x
A collection of star systems
4.
C s t e r
A grouping of a number of similar things
5.
M i l W a
The galaxy containing the solar system
6.
B i g B a T h e r
7.
R e d S h
A ___ in the spectra of very distant galaxies toward longer wavelengths
8.
B l S i f t
9.
G a i l e
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
10.
S r a l
A plane curve traced by a point circling about the center but at increasing distances from
11.
E l i p i c l
12.
I r e g u r
13.
C n e l l a t i n
14.
P o a i s
The brightest star in Ursa Minor
15.
S e t o s c p e
16.
B e l e u s e
17.
S p e i a t s
An extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density (plural)
18.
W h D w a r f
A faint star of enormous density
19.
M a n S q e n e
20.
H R D i g r
21.
M a g n t d
The property of relative size or extent
22.
N e l a
A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer
23.
S a r S s t e
The sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field
24.
R o l u t i o
A drastic and far-reaching change in ways of thinking and behaving