Astronomy Unit 3 Stars

How is nuclear fusion different from nuclear fission?

• In fusion, the product is a larger atomic nucleus.
• Fission produces energy but fusion does not.
• Fusion produces energy but fission does not.
• In fission, the product is a larger atomic nucleus.

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

In nuclear fusion, smaller atoms are forced together to create larger atoms. Does this process release, absorb or maintain energy?

• Absorb energy
• Maintain energy
• Release energy

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

A large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space; the birth place of stars...

• Constellation

• Black hole

• Nebula

• Galaxy

What is the process that occurs in the core of a star, like the sun, that produces energy?

• fission
• fusion
• decay
• convection

Which of the following star remnants is the least massive?

• White Dwarf

• Neuton Star

• Black Hole

A star is born when ________________ begins to happen.

• nuclear fusion
• nuclear abrasion
• crying
• nuclear fission

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

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

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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

• man
• bacon
• spaceships
• light