Description

Type of energy with the longest wavelength
Type of star that spins rapidly and gives off radiowaves and appears to blink visible light.
A massive group of gas, dust, and stars held together by gravitational attraction.
Type of energy that causes a sunburn.
A type of energy that can be seen by the human eye.
A telescope that uses one or more mirros to gather visible light from distant objects.
An abbreviation for the graph relating the temperature and brightness of stars.
A tiny dense star that remains after a Supernova explosion.
A unit of length equal to the distance from the Earth to the Sun.
A device used to detect radiowaves and microwaves.
A device attached to a telescope used to separate light into wavelengths according to size.
A telecope that uses convex lenses to gather and focus light.
An area on the H-R Diagram that runs at an angle from cool/dim stars to bright/hot stars.
A type of galaxy with no specific shape.
The end of the life for the largest supermassive stars.
A contracting cloud of spinning gas and dust.
Stage of a star when the outer layers of hot gases slowly float away from the core.
Star stage that fuses up through iron.
Distance between one crest of a wave and the next crest.
A spherical shaped galaxy made of little gas and dust and contains lot of older stars.
An increase in the wavelength of visible light that appears to occurs when an object is moving away from an observer.
A huge cloud (that may be the beginning of a star) is made of this.
The apparent change in the position of an object in space when viewed 6 months apart.
The tiny core left after the red giant stage that does not undergo fusion but glows because it is extremely hot.
The entire range of energy.
A massive explosion that occurs when the core of a sueprgiant collapses.
The force that is always trying to collapse a star.
The force that is trying to explode the star.
When a white dwarf loses it heat and no longer glows.
Star stage where carbon is created from helium.
Process that creates heavier elements from lighter ones.
Subatomic particle that is 'fused' together in the core of stars.
This characteristic determines that path a star takes to the end of its life.
Another term for high-energy particles traveling throughout space at the speed of light. When they collide with heavier elements, they 'chip' off a part of their nucleus creating lighter elements such as Lithium, Beryllium, and Boron.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a crossword?

Crossword puzzles have been published in newspapers and other publications since 1873. They consist of a grid of squares where the player aims to write words both horizontally and vertically.

Next to the crossword will be a series of questions or clues, which relate to the various rows or lines of boxes in the crossword. The player reads the question or clue, and tries to find a word that answers the question in the same amount of letters as there are boxes in the related crossword row or line.

Some of the words will share letters, so will need to match up with each other. The words can vary in length and complexity, as can the clues.

Who is a crossword suitable for?

The fantastic thing about crosswords is, they are completely flexible for whatever age or reading level you need. You can use many words to create a complex crossword for adults, or just a couple of words for younger children.

Crosswords can use any word you like, big or small, so there are literally countless combinations that you can create for templates. It is easy to customise the template to the age or learning level of your students.

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How do I choose the clues for my crossword?

Once you’ve picked a theme, choose clues that match your students current difficulty level. For younger children, this may be as simple as a question of “What color is the sky?” with an answer of “blue”.

Are crosswords good for students?

Crosswords are a great exercise for students' problem solving and cognitive abilities. Not only do they need to solve a clue and think of the correct answer, but they also have to consider all of the other words in the crossword to make sure the words fit together.

Crosswords are great for building and using vocabulary.

If this is your first time using a crossword with your students, you could create a crossword FAQ template for them to give them the basic instructions.

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We have full support for crossword templates in languages such as Spanish, French and Japanese with diacritics including over 100,000 images, so you can create an entire crossword in your target language including all of the titles, and clues.