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Astronomy Stars Review

Astronomy Stars Review

Assessment

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Physics

12th Grade

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NGSS
HS-ESS1-3, HS-ESS1-1, HS-PS4-3

+4

Standards-aligned

Created by

Daniel Weaver

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1 Slide • 26 Questions

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Astronomy Stars Review

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Multiple Choice

Where are stars born?

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A Manger

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A Nebula

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A Black Hole

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A Supernova

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Multiple Choice

Stars spend the majority of their lives in what stage?

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Red Giant

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White Dwarf

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Supernova

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Main Sequence

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Multiple Choice

When our sun starts to die, it will swell up into what large star?

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Red Giant

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Brown Goliath

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Orange Monster

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Green Giant

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Multiple Choice

When the outer layers of our sun drift off into space, it will leave behind a white hot remaining core. What is this core called?

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Red Giant

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White Dwarf

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Neutron Star

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Proto-Star

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Multiple Choice

Our Sun will die in a Supernova

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

Fusion will continue in larger stars until their cores reach what element?

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Iron

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Mercury

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Magnesium

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Uranium

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Multiple Choice

Larger stars will swell up into what gigantic type of star?

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Red Supergiant

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Super Red Giant

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Giant Super Red

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Super Giant Red

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Multiple Choice

A Red Supergiant dies in a tremndous explosion known as a...

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Michael Bay Production

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Cataclysm

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Implosion

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Supernova

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Multiple Choice

For stars 10-25 solar masses, after a supernova will be left a very dense, spinning ball of Neutrons that emits pulsars known as a...

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White Dwarf

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Gravitron

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Ragnorak

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Neutron Star

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Multiple Choice

Far stars that are 25+ Solar Masses, after a supernova there will be an incredibly dense object, with gravitational pull so strong light cannot escape. We call these objects...

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Neutron Stars

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Black Holes

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Gravitrons

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Pulsars

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Multiple Choice

The boundary around a black hole past which nothing, not even light, can escape is called the

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Photo Boundary

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Photo Sphere

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Black Hole Sun

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Event Horizon

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Multiple Choice

The inner region of a star where fusion takes place is known as the...

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Core

2

Mantle

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Photosphere

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Chromosphere

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Multiple Choice

The movement of energy through EM waves is called...

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Convection

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Radiation

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Transmission

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Translation

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Multiple Choice

The movement of energy by motion of a heated fluid is known as...

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Convection

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Radiation

3

Transmission

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Translation

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Multiple Choice

The part of the sun that gives off the light we see is known as the...

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Core

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Convection Zone

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Photosphere

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Chromosphere

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Multiple Choice

The lower atmosphere of the sun, with a prefix from the Greek word for "color"

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Photosphere

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Chromosphere

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Corona

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Solar Wind

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Multiple Choice

The thin, upper atmosphere of the sun that can be seen as a ghostly halo during a solar eclipse is the...

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Core

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Photosphere

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Chromosphere

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Corona

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Multiple Choice

The total amount of light given off by an object is known as...

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Luminosity

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Brightness

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Color

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Wavelength

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Multiple Choice

The amount of light we see here on earth is known as the...

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Luminosity

2

Brightness

3

Color

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Wavelength

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Multiple Choice

What color are the hottest stars?

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Blue

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White

3

Orange

4

Red

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Multiple Choice

What color are the coolest stars?

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Blue

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White

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Orange

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Red

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Multiple Choice

A graph that shows color/temperature of a star on the x axis and luminosity of a star on the y axis is called a...

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PV Diagram

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PT Diagram

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RT Diagram

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HR Diagram

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Multiple Choice

The use of two observational reference points to determine the distance to a star is called...

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Stellar Parallax

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Spectroscopic Parallax

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Tully Fisher

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Standard Candle

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Multiple Choice

The method of determining distance in space that uses the spin speed of a spiral galaxy is called...

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Standard Candle

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Stellar Parallax

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Tully-Fisher

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Spectroscopic Parallax

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Multiple Choice

A stellar event (typically a type 2 supernova) that produces a known luminosity every single time is known as a...

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Standard Candle

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Normal Light

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Average Flare

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Stellar Parallax

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Multiple Choice

Will our sun die in a supernova?

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I think so

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Maybe

3

Absolutely

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For the love of all that is good, no. No it will not. Our sun is too small to die in a supernova. Please remember this if nothing else.

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