Universe & Galaxies

Place in order from largest to smallest

• • Solar System

• • Main sequence star

• • Jupiter

• • Nebula

• • Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Place in order from the largest to the smallest

• Sun

• Solar System

• Moon

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Place in order from the smallest to the largest

• Sun

• Solar System

• Earth

• Moon

• Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Label according to size

a

b

c

d

Moon

Milky Way Galaxy

Sun

Earth

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Label according to size

a

b

c

Universe

Galaxies

Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

Which statement BEST describes the number of galaxies and stars in the universe?

• • Billions of galaxies and billions of stars

• • Millions of galaxies and millions of stars

• • Millions of galaxies and billions of stars

• • Billions of galaxies and millions of stars

Which of the following statements best describes a characteristic of a galaxy?

• • It is a cluster of thousands of stars.

• • It is a cluster of billions of stars.

• • It is a cluster of millions of stars.

• • It contains everything in outer space.

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Light Year

• measures distances to stars of other

  galaxies

• measures distances within our

  own solar system.

Astronomical Unit

• measures distances to stars of other

  galaxies

• measures distances within our

  own solar system.

What is one thing that Galileo discovered?

• Galileo discovered that The Milky Way Galaxy is just

  a band of misty light

• Galileo discovered The Milky Way Galaxy

• Galileo discovered that The Milky Way Galaxy is made up of thousands of individual stars