Stars, Constellations, Galaxies, and the Universe

a huge ball of very hot gases in space

• constellation

• asteroid

• star

• galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky

• constellation

• meteoroid

• star

• comet

a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational force.

• star

• galaxy

• universe

• solar system

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

All of space and everything in it

• galaxy

• solar system

• Kuiper Belt

• universe

a small rocky body orbiting the sun

• meteoroid

• comet

• dwarf planet

• asteroid

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a small body moving in the solar system that does not always stay in an orbit around the sun

• meteoroid

• meteor

• asteroid

• comet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

a meteoroid that has entered Earth's atmosphere and produces a streak of light and is often called a "shooting star"

• asteroid

• comet

• meteor

• meteorite

a meteoroid that reaches the Earth's surface without burning up completely

• meteor

• shooting star

• comet

• meteorite

A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.

• meteorite

• comet

• meteor

• star

a spherical region that surrounds the solar system, that extends from the Kuiper Belt to almost halfway to the nearest star, and that contains billions of comets

• solar system

• Oort Cloud

• galaxy

• Kuiper Belt

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3