Astronomy vocabulary

A collection of Space dust and gases that form stars, or that results from dying stars.

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Galaxy

• Nebula

A collection of stars and planets which are held together by gravity.

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Galaxy

• Nebula

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

All of Space and everything in it, including stars, planets, and galaxies, etc.

• Red Shift

• Spectroscope

• Universe

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

All the wavelengths of light energy, both seen and unseen.

• Electromagnetic Spectrum

• Galaxy

• Nebula

An instrument that spreads visible light into different wavelengths.

• Red Shift

• Spectroscope

• Universe

The apparent change in the frequency of a wave caused by the relative motion between the source of the wave and the observer.

• Big Bang Theory

• Blue Shift

• Doppler Shift

The compression of a wavelength as it moves TOWARD the observer and shifts to the blue end of the visible light portion of the EM spectrum.

• Big Bang Theory

• Blue Shift

• Doppler Shift

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The distance between two successive crests or two successive troughs of a wave.

• Spectroscope

• Universe

• Wavelength

The stretching out of a wavelength as it MOVES AWAY FROM the observer and shifts to the red end of the visible light portion of the EM spectrum.

• Red Shift

• Spectroscope

• Wavelength

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

The widely accepted theory that the universe began from one point billions of years ago and has been expanding ever since.

• Big Bang Theory

• Blue Shift

• Doppler Shift

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2