Black Holes - Page 11
Draw a line to match each vocabulary term with its definition.
| supernova |
a very dense star made up of neutrons |
| implosion |
the point at the center of a black hole |
| escape velocity |
the shrinking of a star caused by the pull of its own gravity |
| binary system |
the speed at which an object must travel to escape the gravitational pull of another object |
| singularity |
an explosion of a star that causes the star to shine a million times brighter than before |
| Universe |
a process where atoms are joined and tremendous amounts of energy are released |
| accretion disk |
two objects in orbit around each other |
| nuclear fusion |
the huge space that contains all the matter and energy in existence |
| neutron star |
a spiral of gas that can surround a black hole |
| event horizon |
the spherical distance surrounding a black hole out of which nothing can escape |
