Stars Review

What is most likely to be found in a nebula?

• salt crystals
• planets
• gas clouds
• ateroids

What does the Big Bang theory suggest?

• The universe was just there
• The Milky Way is the only solar system
• The universe is continually expanding
• The universe is collapsing in toward a single point

What will the Sun become at the end of its lifecycle?

• red giant
• red dwarf
• white dwarf
• super nova

What is the stage before this black hole?

• Supernova
• Neutron star
• white dwarf
• black dwarf

What stage of stellar evolution is the sun experiencing at this time?

• protostar
• main-sequence
• giant
• white dwarf

Which star has the lowest luminosity?

• A
• B
• C
• D

Which star has the lowest temperature?

• A
• B
• C
• D

What is a pulsar?

• An imaginary pattern of stars in the sky (like the Big Dipper)
• A contracting cloud of gas and dust that has enough mass and heat to become a star
• A rapidly spinning neutron star that pulses radio and light waves

What is a constellation?

• An imaginary pattern of stars in the night sky
• A cloud of condensing gas and dust
• An imaginary friend in your head

A __________________________ is a huge collection of stars, gases, and dust that is classified by shape.

• galaxy
• Big Bang Theory
• light-year