6th Earth's Place in the Universe

Put the following in the correct order from LARGEST(1) TO SMALLEST(4)

• Planet

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Match the following Galaxy's with the correct classification.

• Elliptical Galaxy

• 
• Spiral Galaxy

• 
• Irregular Galaxy

• 

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Globular Clusters

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Space and all of the energy and matter within it.

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Globular Clusters

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A Large Group of Stars

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Globular Clusters

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A collection of planets, moons, and other celestial bodies that orbit around a star.

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Globular Clusters

• Solar System

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

The type of galaxy we live in is called a...

• Spiral Galaxy

• Irregular Galaxy

• Elliptical Galaxy

• Snickers Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The Name of our Galaxy is...

• The Milky Way Galaxy

• Andromeda Galaxy

• The Kit Kat Galaxy

• The Cartwheel Galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

One astronomer, using telescopes, discover GLOBULAR CLUSTERS centered around a point in space far from Earth. This provided EVIDENCE that Earth was...

• At the center of the Milky way glaxay

• Probably on an outer arm of the Milky way galaxy

• Not in the Milky way Galaxy at all

• In the caramel nougat peanut filled center of the Snickers galaxy

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Scientist Harlow Shapley used telescopes to look into empty space that did not seem to have any stars.  Which of the following statements are most likely to be true?

• These dark portions contain no stars

• These dark portions contain stars that were too dim for Shapley's telescope to see

• There might be matter such as dust blocking the light from stars

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NGSS.MS-PS4-2