Stars and beyond

Light travels

• 93,000,000 miles a year

• 6 x 10 ¹² miles a year

• 186,000 miles an hour

the hotter the star, the more __________ it is; the cooler the star, the more _______it is.

• red, blue

• red, white

• blue, red

What is the name of the gas/dust clouds that form stars?

• Nebulas

• Protostars

• Supernova

• Neutron Star

What is the name of the explosion at the death of a massive star?

• Supergiant

• Supernova

• Black Hole

• Nebula

Which star is the coldest?

• Yellow Star

• Red Star

• Orange Star

• Blue Star

The color of a star depends on its

• size
• temperature
• shape
• magnitude

A very bright star can seem to be dimmer because it is

• further away

• cooler in temperature

• very close

• batteries are dying

What do stars emit?

• Light
• Radiation
• Heat
• All of these

The more mass a star has _____________

• the more slowly it burns out

• the faster it burns out

• less chances of turning into a black hole

• less chances of turning into a neutron star

What is the shape of the Milky Way (our galaxy)?

• barred spiral

• spiral

• elliptical

• irregular