Component of the universe

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Star		All the heavenly bodies such as stars and planets and the enormous space between them.
Nebula		Collections of hundreds of stars around a common center held together by gravity.
Solar system		Any star orbited by planets. Our solar system is our Sun orbited by the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth and so on.
Universe		A large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light
Galaxy		Large cloud of gas and dust a location where stars are born.

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Draggable item		Corresponding Item
Planet		A small icy object that orbits the sun with a long tail.
Metor		a small rocky body orbiting the sun.
Moon		is a celestial body that makes an orbit around a planet
Astroid		Rock that burns up as it enters the Earth's atmosphere
Comet		A sphere shaped celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.

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What is the name of our galaxy?

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Earth is located at the center of the Milky way galaxy

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SECTION #2: THE LIFE CYCLE OF STARS

Even though stars are not living things, we think of them as having a "life cycle." All stars form, or are "born," and when they run out of the hydrogen fuel needed to do nuclear fusion, they "die." Just what happens to a star throughout its life cycle depends on its mass. Low mass stars like the Sun live longer and die differently than larger, high mass stars which lives for a short period of time. 
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Small and average stars, like the Sun, will undergo a relatively peaceful and beautiful death that sees them pass through a planetary nebula phase to become a white dwarf, which eventually cools down over time and stops glowing to become a so-called "black dwarf".
 Massive stars, on the other hand, will experience a most energetic and violent end, which will see their remains scattered about the cosmos in a enormous explosion, called a supernova. Once the dust clears, the only thing remaining will be a very dense star known as a neutron star, these can often be rapidly spinning and are known as pulsars. If the star which explodes is especially large, it can even form a black hole.

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Who am I?
A huge cloud of gas and dust that begins to shrink under the pull of its own gravity. I am
the beginning of all stars’ lives.

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Who am I?
Toward the end of life of an average star, it swells up into a giant star before losing its outer layers in an explosion that creates a planetary nebula.

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Who am I?
These are small and hot and are the shrunken remains of an average size star. Their nuclear energy supplies have been used up and this is the last stage in the life cycle..

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Who am I?
When gravity overcomes the nuclear energy in a red supergiant, the star begins to collapse, leading to
a massive explosion that can remain visible for months

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Who am I?
If an object greater than four times the size of the Sun is left after a supernova. The gravitational pull is so great, not even light can escape.

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Place the following in descending order.
Remember to start from the biggest to the smallest.

Galaxy
Earth
Nebula
Universe
Star
Moon
Solar system

Component of the universe

use the slides to match the correct vocabulary with the correct definition

use the slides to match the correct vocabulary with the correct definition

What is the name of our galaxy?

Earth is located at the center of the Milky way galaxy

Who am I?A huge cloud of gas and dust that begins to shrink under the pull of its own gravity. I am the beginning of all stars’ lives.

Who am I?Toward the end of life of an average star, it swells up into a giant star before losing its outer layers in an explosion that creates a planetary nebula.

Who am I?These are small and hot and are the shrunken remains of an average size star. Their nuclear energy supplies have been used up and this is the last stage in the life cycle..

Who am I?When gravity overcomes the nuclear energy in a red supergiant, the star begins to collapse, leading to a massive explosion that can remain visible for months

Who am I?If an object greater than four times the size of the Sun is left after a supernova. The gravitational pull is so great, not even light can escape.

Place the following in descending order.Remember to start from the biggest to the smallest.

use the slides to match the correct vocabulary with the correct definition

use the slides to match the correct vocabulary with the correct definition

What is the name of our galaxy?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

Earth is located at the center of the Milky way galaxy

Which of the following best describes the position of the Sun relative to other objects in space?

Which of the following best describes the relative size of the Sun?

Who am I?A huge cloud of gas and dust that begins to shrink under the pull of its own gravity. I am the beginning of all stars’ lives.

Who am I?Toward the end of life of an average star, it swells up into a giant star before losing its outer layers in an explosion that creates a planetary nebula.

Who am I?These are small and hot and are the shrunken remains of an average size star. Their nuclear energy supplies have been used up and this is the last stage in the life cycle..

Who am I?When gravity overcomes the nuclear energy in a red supergiant, the star begins to collapse, leading to a massive explosion that can remain visible for months

Who am I?If an object greater than four times the size of the Sun is left after a supernova. The gravitational pull is so great, not even light can escape.

Place the following in descending order.Remember to start from the biggest to the smallest.

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

what type is the galaxy in the picture ?

Which of the following best describes the position of the Sun relative to other objects in space?

Which of the following best describes the relative size of the Sun?

Who am I?
A huge cloud of gas and dust that begins to shrink under the pull of its own gravity. I am
the beginning of all stars’ lives.

Who am I?
Toward the end of life of an average star, it swells up into a giant star before losing its outer layers in an explosion that creates a planetary nebula.

Who am I?
These are small and hot and are the shrunken remains of an average size star. Their nuclear energy supplies have been used up and this is the last stage in the life cycle..

Who am I?
When gravity overcomes the nuclear energy in a red supergiant, the star begins to collapse, leading to
a massive explosion that can remain visible for months

Who am I?
If an object greater than four times the size of the Sun is left after a supernova. The gravitational pull is so great, not even light can escape.

Place the following in descending order.
Remember to start from the biggest to the smallest.

Who am I?
A huge cloud of gas and dust that begins to shrink under the pull of its own gravity. I am
the beginning of all stars’ lives.

Who am I?
Toward the end of life of an average star, it swells up into a giant star before losing its outer layers in an explosion that creates a planetary nebula.

Who am I?
These are small and hot and are the shrunken remains of an average size star. Their nuclear energy supplies have been used up and this is the last stage in the life cycle..

Who am I?
When gravity overcomes the nuclear energy in a red supergiant, the star begins to collapse, leading to
a massive explosion that can remain visible for months

Who am I?
If an object greater than four times the size of the Sun is left after a supernova. The gravitational pull is so great, not even light can escape.

Place the following in descending order.
Remember to start from the biggest to the smallest.