The Universe Vocab (and other things)

the name that we use to describe the collection of all the things that exist in space

• universe

• solar system

• Earth

• space

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

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

• galaxy

• solar system

• universe

• planet

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

electromagnetic radiation as a remnant from an early stage of the universe in Big Bang

• stars

• planets

• Cosmic Background radiation

• dust

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

a giant cloud of dust and gas in space

• star

• nebula

• planet

• galaxy

a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body

• star

• nebula

• planet

• dark matter

a galaxy that does not have a distinct regular shape

• spiral galaxy

• barred-spiral galaxy

• lenticular galaxy

• irregular galaxy

a unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the distance that light travels in one year, which is 9.4607 × 1012 km (nearly 6 trillion miles).

• light year

• light minute

• light day

• speed

The theory that all matter and energy int he universe was compressed into an extremely small volume that 13-15 billion years ago exploded and began expanding in all directions.

• Doppler Effect

• Red Giant

• Big Bang Theory

• Interstellar Matter

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A collection of stars, dist and gas bound together by gravity.

• quasar

• universe

• galaxy

• cluster

The distance that light travels in one year.

• Doppler Effect

• Big Bang Theory

• Light Year

• Quasar