This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 34 clues. Answers range from 3 to 14 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Increments of the Kelvin scale
Created an in-between model, where all the planets revolved around the sun, except earth, which the sun went around.
Distance between successive wave crests
Studied all aspects of motion, used a telescope.
Number of waves passing observer per second
Just beyond the visible spectrum past the blue/purple
Smallest wavelength, but highest energy on electromagnetic spectrum.
Technique used to capture and analyze an object;s spectra
Where all activity stops on the Kelvin scale
Process in which light or electromagnetic radiation gives up its energy to an atom
Created three laws of planetary motion, found the paths of planets were ellipses.
First person to measure the size of the earth.
Production of electromagnetic radiation by an atom
Least energy on the electromagnetic spectrum, largest wavelength.
Sun centered
Found at 700 nm, colder color, longer wavelengths.
(true or false) An object moving toward earth would show blue wavelengths
Earth centered
We have these in space so we can see the things our atmosphere normally absorbs
Warmer color, very short wavelengths.
Shift in a foreground star
Increases as wavelength decreases.
His model indicated that the planets moved in smaller circles, as they moved in a larger circle around the earth.
Wave particle _____
Found that when the Earth's shadow was cast on the moon during an eclipse, it was curved.
Particle of light
Between gamma and UV
The colors that we can see
Determined that the moon is smaller than the earth.
Increases as energy decreases.
Just beyond the visible spectrum past the red
Known as the greatest scientist of all time, invented calculus.
Between radio waves and infrared
One of the first to push for a sun -centered universe.