Ch 5 Stars and Galaxies Vocab

Produced from an explosion when a star's core collapses

• back hole

• supernova

• giant

• parallax

Two or more stars revolving around each other

• constellations

• main sequence

• binary system

• Big Bang Theory

The lowest layer of the Sun's atmosphere that gives off light

• sun spot

• absolute magnitude

• nebula

• photosphere

A large group of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

• a galaxy

• a constellation

• a binary system

• a supergiant

An explanation for the beginning of the universe is the ____ Theory.

• Booming Bang

• Big Balloon

• Big Bang

• Booming Balloon

A star that has only neutrons in its core

• neuter star

• neon star

• neutral star

• neutron star

Object so dense that nothing, including light, can escape it

• Big Bang

• Vacant Hole

• Black Hole

• Black Star

Darker, cooler areas of the Sun's surface

• sunspots

• prominences

• nebulas

• corona

Layer of the sun's atmosphere above the photosphere

• sunspot

• chromosphere

• corona

• nebula

Outer layer and largest part of the Sun's atmosphere

• prominence

• super sphere

• photosphere

• corona