Yr10 Universe - What is the Universe

Space and all the matter and energy in it.

• Space
• Solar System 
• Universe
• Sun

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it. 

• Universe 
• Galaxy 
• Star
• Solar System 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

A relatively large spherical body that orbits a star.

• Star 
• Planet
• Moon 

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light.

• star
• black hole
• element 
• big bang

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

• Nebula
• Galaxy 
• Universe
• Protostar

Select a possibility of what will happen to the universe in the future.

• The universe will be destroyed by aliens.

• The universe may expand forever, therefore galaxies will continue to get further away from each other.

• The universe will explode.

• We don't have any hypothesis.

Since the Big Bang, and even today, the universe is still _____.

• Expanding

• Shrinking

• Cooking

• Spinning

Scientist that believe in the Big Bang Theory think that the universe was once much ____________.

• smaller and cooler
• brighter and larger
• heavier and darker
• denser and hotter

Our universe is

• expanding, but the pace is slowing
• expanding, and the rate is increasing
• static and unchanging
• contracting

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

Which statement best describes the age of our solar system and universe?

• Our solar system and the universe are estimated to be 5 billion years old.
• Our solar system and the universe are estimated to be 10 billion years old.
• Our solar system is at least twice as old as the universe.
• The universe is roughly 13.7 billion years old.