Space - Celestial objects & space exploration

A __________________________ is a huge collection of stars, gases, and dust that is classified by shape.

• galaxy
• Big Bang Theory
• light-year

According to the  ________________________, the universe formed from a single point and is still expanding.

• Milky Way
• star
• Big Bang Theory

Earth and the rest of the solar system are located in the galaxy ___________________.

• Milky Way
• star
• Andromeda

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A  _________________________ is a sphere of very hot, burning gas.

• star
• galaxy
• moon

pulls clusters of stars together in most galaxies.

• air
• Big Bang Theory
• gravity

According to most scientists, the universe formed 13 to 14 _________ years ago.

• million
• billion
• trillion

A vehicle for exploring the surface of an extraterrestrial object.

• rover
• the International Space Station
• Observetory

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or NASA is the agency dedicated to exploring space and represents:

• Germany, Russia, and the USA
• The NATO conference
• The United States government

Something that orbits around another object

• rocket
• satellite
• space shuttle

To which rocky planet are scientists planning a manned space mission

• Jupiter
• Mars
• Neptune