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ORDER OF THE UNIVERSE If the video does not play automatically, go to this link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIbfYsQfNWs THE UNIVERSE • A huge wide open space that holds everything from the smallest particle to the biggest galaxy • Scientists have found that the Universe is growing outward in every direction • It is made up of hundreds of superclusters SUPERCLUSTER • Group of neighboring clusters of galaxies LOCAL GROUP • Cluster of galaxies including the Milky Way and Andromeda GALAXY • Consists of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity • Stars – a big ball of burning gas in space PLANETS • 8 objects that revolve around the sun • They do not have as much mass as stars and cannot make their own light EARTH • One of 8 planets that revolve around the sun • Moon – Earth’s only natural satellite, which is an object that revolves around a bigger object ASTEROIDS • A small irregular shaped object that revolves around the sun COMET • An object made up of ice that travels in an orbit around the sun METEOROID • An object entering the Earth’s atmosphere that is smaller than an asteroid
