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Masters of Universe-Stars & Galaxies
Review of Vocabulary Terms associated with stars and galaxies
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GALAXY,  | GROUP OF STARS, GAS, AND DUST |
BIG BANG,  | THEORY THAT UNIVERSE BEGAN WITH EXPLOSION AND EXPANSION |
NEBULA,  | BEGINNING OF A STAR |
| LIGHT YEAR | DISTANCE LIGHT TRAVELS IN ONE YEAR |
| Main Sequence | Stage of 90% of stars (BIRTH TO MIDDLE AGED STARS) |
Neutron Star,  | dense core of a collapsed super nova |
White Dwarf,  | STAR WHERE HELIUM IS USED UP AND CORE SHRINKS |
Doppler Shift,  | LIGHT SPECTRUM SHOW BLUE (MOVING TOWARD) OR RED SHIFT (MOVING AWAY) |
Sun,  | OUR STAR |
Super Nova,  | MASSIVE STAR THAT HAS VIOLENT EXPLOSION |
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram,  | TOOL USED CLASSIFY STARS |
Asteroid,  | PIECE OF ROCK FLOATIN IN SPACE |
Comet,  | a space object made of dust, rock, ice, and gases (forms a brignt coma or tail) |
| Irregular Galaxy |  |
| Spiral Galaxy |  |
| Elliptical Galaxy |  |
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8th grade Science Teacher |
Del Valle Middle School |
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