AU

The average distance from Earth to the Sun (Approx. 150,000,000 km)

• AU

• Big Bang

• Cosmic Radiation

• Gravity

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Electromagnetic waves present everywhere in the universe that are left over from the energy released in the big bang. Cosmic background radiation is light in the form of microwaves.

• Gravity

• light year

• AU

• Cosmic Backgroud Radiation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The form taken by Electromagnetic energy as it gravels through space.

• big bang

• gravity

• srar

• electromagnetic wave

the galaxy in which the Sun, Earth, and our solary system is located

• gravity

• milky way

• nebula

• galaxy

the force of attraction between two masses

• galaxy

• star

• gravity

• nebula

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

a large group of billions of stars, their solar systems, gas and dust that are held together by gravity.

• star

• galaxy

• nebula

• light year

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NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

the rapid expansion of a tiny point that produced all fo the matter and energy in the universe

• light year

• AU

• big bang

• nebula star

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

the distance an electromagnetic wave can travel through empty space in one year, about 9.5 trillion kilometers

• AU

• nebular star

• light year

• milky way

a massive, bright ball of hot gases in space that produce light and thermal energy throug the process of nuclear fusion

• star

• nebula

• gravity

• galaxy

a huge mass of gas or dust in out space, sometimes referred to as a star nursery

• galaxy

• star

• nebula

• gravity