Fill In Sentences:
Stars & Nebulae
INSTRUCTIONS:
Fill in each blank box with the word from the above list that best completes the sentence.
opaque
dominated
luminous
primarily
galaxy
originate
shrooud
astronomer
resembles
turbulent
protrude
spectacular
Stellar
dwarf
silhouette
1. Stars are , shining with their own light.
2. The strong and winds during the thunderstorm caused a great deal of damage.
3. A red is a small and dim star.
4. I pasted the dark of the city’s skyline on white paper.
5. The smog seeped down into the valley and covered it in a of gloom.
6. Light in the interior of a dark nebula cannot pass through the nebula’s clouds of gas and dust.
7. The Pleiades is a star cluster by seven stars that can be seen without a telescope.
8. The Milky Way is a spiral made up of billions of stars.
9. Stars , or are formed, from the gases of nebulae.
10. A meteor shower can provide a show in the night sky.
11. The constellation Orion a hunter with a bow.
12. The Pillars of Creation , or extend, from the Eagle Nebula.
13. An may study stars, planets, and other objects in space.
14. colors include blue for the hottest stars and red for the coolest stars.
15. The names we use for constellations come , or mostly, from ancient mythical characters.
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Definition Matching:
Stars & Nebulae
INSTRUCTIONS:
For each vocabulary word in the left column, locate its definition in the right column.
Type the number of the correct definition in the blank before the word.
shroud
1. full of light; shining with its own light
opaque
2. stormy; violent
luminous
3. a star that is small in size and light energy
protrude
4. a dark shape outlined in a light background
astronomer
5. something that covers or hides something
resemble
6. not letting light through; not transparent
galaxy
7. to be outstanding or most noticeable
dwarf
8. a system of stars made up of billions of stars
spectacular
9. to begin; to come into being
turbulent
10. very striking or impressive; showy
primarily
11. to be like; to look like
dominate
12. to stick out
silhouette
13. scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in space
stellar
14. of or related to stars
originate
15. mainly; chiefly
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Crossword:
Stars & Nebulae
Words
PROTRUDE
SILHOUETTE
ASTRONOMER
ORIGINATE
STELLAR
PRIMARILY
GALAXY
SHROUD
OPAQUE
LUMINOUS
DWARF
DOMINATE
RESEMBLE
SPECTACULAR
TURBULENT
3
4
1
15
10
2
11
6
8
7
9
5
12
13
Across
2. scientist who studies stars, planets, and other objects in space
4. mainly; chiefly
5. to begin; to come into being
6. stormy; violent
11. of or related to stars
12. a system of stars made up of billions of stars
13. not letting light through; not transparent
1. something that covers or hides something
Down
1. very striking or impressive; showy
3. a dark shape outlined in a light background
7. to be outstanding or most noticeable
8. full of light; shining with its own light
9. to be like; to look like
10. to stick out
15. a star that is small in size and light energy
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In Stars & Nebulae, the focus is learning about stars’ life cycles – from their birth in colorful “star factories,” or nebulae, to their death in dramatic explosions of gas and dust. The 100 billion stars that make up the Milky Way represent only the most miniscule piece of our universe, yet our galaxy is alive with star power: Learn about the emission, dark, reflection, planetary, and combo nebulae that populate the galactic reaches, as well as about the massive supernovas that form when a star expires.
Kids interested in learning about stars will be fascinated to find out that some are born in “cocoons,” or “Bok globules,” that can be trillions of miles in diameter, and that some take shape in “superbubbles.” And just what is a “celestial Frisbee”? (Answer: disks of dust, orbiting new stars, which are planetary systems in the making.) Then get up close and personal with the Carina Nebula – the largest star-birth region in our galaxy – and its many amazing features, and explore the different types of star clusters. Interested in learning about the different types of stars? Get details on brown, red, and yellow dwarves, binary star systems, red giants, and the brightest star in our galaxy, the Pistol Star, which is 10 million times brighter than our Sun.
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What Stars and Nebulae Are
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Different Kinds of Nebulae
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The Birthplaces of Stars
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The Birth of a Star
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Star Clusters
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Types of Stars
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Stellar Death and Rebirth
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What Stars and Nebulae Are
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