Star Life Cycle

The only force acting on the nebula is ________.

• thermal
• singular
• gravity
• microscopic

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A star is born when ________________ begins to happen.

• nuclear fusion

• nuclear abrasion

• combustion

• nuclear fission

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The core of a Red Giant collapses and becomes a ___________________.

• White Dwarf
• Blue Supergiant
• Red Supergiant
• Black Hole

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After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ___________.

• Black Hole
• White Dwarf
• Brown Dwarf
• Black Dwarf

When a Red Giant's outer atmosphere drifts away it is now known as a ____________.

• planetary cloud
• White Dwarf cloud
• planetary nebula
• expanding nebula

More massive stars continue to fuse elements in their cores all the way up to ________.

• silicon
• iron (Fe)
• carbon
• plutonium

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A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ________ cannot escape.

• man
• bacon
• spaceships
• light

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As gravity pulls gas and dust into a sphere that becomes denser and hotter, and a star-like object begins to form and glow, it is called a(n)

• white dwarf
• red dwarf
• supergiant
• protostar

a gigantic explosion that causes the death of a large star

• pulsar
• red giant 
• supernova
• black hole

As our sun continues through its life cycle, it will _________.

• gradually get smaller and smaller until it dies out.
• Gradually get larger until its outer layers drift off.
• become denser and denser until it forms a black hole.
• become hotter and hotter until it becomes a blue hypergiant.

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