Ch. 3 Solar System Vocab

The distance light travels in 365 days.

• light-year
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

The sum of everything that exists.

• universe
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

A dying star that gives off very little light.

• white dwarf
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

The cool, dark body that is in the final stage of the life cycle of a LOW MASS star.

• black dwarf
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black hole
• galaxy

The gigantic cluster of billions of stars that is home to our solar system.

• Milky Way Galaxy
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

An exploding star.

• supernova
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

A vast group of billions of stars held together by gravity.

• galaxy
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

The remains of a massive star from a supernova.

• neutron star
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole

The measure of a star's brightness as seen from Earth.

• apparent magnitude
• absolute magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole
• galaxy

A large reddish star that has expanded as its fuel has begun to run out.

• red giant
• absolute magnitude
• apparent magnitude
• black dwarf
• black hole