8th Grade Unit 6 The Universe

A scientific theory concerning the early development and shape of the universe from a dense state, which began and is still expanding

• Galaxy

• Magnitude

• Big Bang Theory

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A region in space where gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape

• Big Bang Theory

• Black Hole

• Red-shift

• Star

Electromagnetic radiation that remains from the Big Bang and early stages of the universe

• Nebulae

• Magnitude

• Milky Way galaxy

• Cosmic Microwave Background

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

A system of stars and associated matter held together by gravitational attraction

• Galaxy

• Nebulae

• Black Hole

• Big Bang Theory

A diagram that shows the relationship between the brightness, surface temperature, and color of stars

• Nebulae

• Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

• Big Bang Theory

• Luminosity

The total amount of light (energy) emitted by a star or other celestial body

• Star

• Luminosity

• Magnitude

• Galaxy

The measure of the observed visible brightness of a star

• Cosmic microwave Background

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Nebulae

• Magnitude

The galaxy which contains our Sun and its solar system, including Earth

• Red-Shift

• Nebulae

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Big Bang Theory

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Clouds of dust and gas; site of star formation; remains of dead or dying stars

• Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram

• Nebulae

• Star

• Magnitude

Observations of galaxies moving away from each other and our own Milky Way galaxy

• Milky Way Galaxy

• Star

• Red-Shift

• Black Hole

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2