Meet the Universe Vocab Practice

All matter, including earth, galaxies, and intergalactic space:

• The Universe

• Black Holes

• Dark Matter

• Quasars

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

An invisible form of matter that does not interact with light or other electromagnetic radiation but exerts gravitational force:

• Dark matter

• Dark energy

• Black holes

• Asteroids

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

The mysterious background energy that scientists say is causing the universe to expand.

• Dark energy

• Dark matter

• Comets

• Dwarf planets

Very old objects that give off large amounts of energy and are located at the edge of the Universe:

• Quasars

• Black holes

• Comets

• Planets

An astronomical object with a large density and a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape it:

• Black holes

• Quasars

• Dark energy

• The Universe

A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity.

• Galaxy

• Black hole

• Comet

• Star

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

Which of the following is NOT a type of galaxy?

• Spiral

• Elliptical

• Irregular

• Longitudinal

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A ball of shining gas and plasma, mostly made of Hydrogen and Helium and held together by its own gravity.

• Star

• Galaxy

• Black hole

• Planet

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Large objects that orbit a star, must be large enough to have enough gravity to force it into a spherical shape, and must be large enough that its gravity has cleared a path of its own:

• Planets

• Dwarf Planets

• Black Holes

• Quasars

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

Smaller than a planet, orbits the Sun, but is not able to clear a path of its orbit.

• Dwarf planets

• Planets

• Stars

• Comets