Exploring Space Vocabulary Review

the small, dense remains of a high-mass star after a supernova

• escape velocity
• neutron star
• rocket

a huge group of single stars, star systems, star clusters, dust, and gas bound together by gravity

• galaxy
• supernova
• protostar

a ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion

• main sequence
• rocket
• star

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

a rapidly spinning neutron star that produces radio waves

• pulsar
• galaxy
• universe

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NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

the initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expanison of the universe

• nebula
• supernova
• big bang

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

a contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star

• space station
• protostar
• supernova

a large cloud of gas and dust in space

• nebula
• big bang
• neutron star

the brilliant explosion of a dying supergiant star

• black hole
• big bang
• supernova

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

the velocity an object must reach to fly beyond a planet's or moon's gravitational pull

• big bang
• escape velocity
• black hole

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

a small robotic space probe that can move about the surface of a planet or moon

• telescope
• space station
• rover

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NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

NGSS.MS-ETS1-4