Solar System and Universe

solar system

• a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun (about 150 million kilometers)

  
  

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves  

  
  

• the system consisting of the sun, the planets, and other objects that revolve around it

  
  

•  an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distance objects

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

telescope

• a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun (about 150 million kilometers)

  
  

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves  

  
  

• the system consisting of the sun, the planets, and other objects that revolve around it

  
  

•  an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distance objects

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

astronomical unit (AU)

• a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun (about 150 million kilometers or 93 million miles)

  
  

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves  

  
  

• the distance that light travels in one year (about 9.46 trillion kilometers or 5.62 trillion miles)
  

•  an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distance objects

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

electromagnetic radiation

• a unit of distance equal to the average distance between Earth and the sun (about 150 million kilometers or 93 million miles)

  
  

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves  

  
  

• the system consisting of the sun, the planets, and other objects that revolve around it

  
  

•  an optical instrument that forms enlarged images of distance objects

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

NGSS.HS-PS4-5

visible light

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves 

•  the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves

•  the distance between two corresponding parts of wave, such as the distance between two crests 

  
  

• electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye

spectrum

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves 

•  the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves

•  the distance between two corresponding parts of wave, such as the distance between two crests 

  
  

• electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS4-4

wavelength

•  the energy transferred through space by electromagnetic waves 

•  the range of wavelengths of electromagnetic waves

•  the distance between two corresponding parts of wave, such as the distance between two crests 

  
  

• electromagnetic radiation that can be seen with the unaided eye

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-1

nebula

• the blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space

  
  

• a large cloud of gas and dust in space

• the brilliant explosion of a giant supergiant star 

  
  

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

  
  

protostar

• the blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space

  
  

• a large cloud of gas and dust in space

• the brilliant explosion of a giant supergiant star 

  
  

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

  
  

white dwarf

• the blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space

  
  

• a large cloud of gas and dust in space

• the brilliant explosion of a giant supergiant star 

  
  

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