Science Spelling Words - 2

Name: ______________________   Date: ____________

Use the clues to fill in the crossword.

Across

  1. 8. A system of two ___ that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation (plural) (11)
  2. 9. Allowing light to pass through diffusely (11)
  3. 13. A person who is markedly small (5)
  4. 14. An extremely bright star of very large diameter and low density (plural) (11)
  5. 16. A medicinal liquid preparation intended for use in an atomizer (6)

Down

  1. 1. A region of space resulting from the collapse of a star (9)
  2. 2. A ___ that has collapsed under its own gravity (11)
  3. 3. Softly bright or radiant (8)
  4. 4. To manifest or bring back (plural) (8)
  5. 5. Shade within clear boundaries (6)
  6. 6. A faint star of enormous density (plural) (11)
  7. 7. So thin as to ___ light (11)
  8. 10. A polyhedron with two congruent and parallel faces and whose lateral faces are parallelograms (5)
  9. 11. A large, old, luminous star (8)
  10. 12. A star that explodes and becomes extremely luminous in the process (9)
  11. 15. Not transmitting or reflecting light or radiant energy (6)