Objects in Space

All of space and time, and everything in it. It’s everything ever!

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Planet

A ball of shining gas, made mostly of hydrogen and helium, held together by its own gravity. Turning hydrogen into helium creates the energy that makes stars shine.

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A set that includes a star and all of the matter that orbits it, including planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and other objects.

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Star

• Universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A large body in outer space that circles around the sun or another star.

• Galaxy

• Star

• Planet

• Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A collection of thousands to billions of stars held together by gravity.

• Galaxy

• Universe

• Solar System

• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

The name of our galaxy.

• Andromeda

• Milky Way

• Solar System

• NG311

How many stars are in a solar system?

• 1 or 2

• 100

• millions

• billions

The spin of an object on its axis.

• revolution

• rotation

• orbit

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS2-6

One object traveling around another object in space.

• Rotation

• Orbit

• Revolution

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

•The path an object takes in its revolution.

• Orbit

• Revolution

• Rotation

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4