Life of a Star

Stars are formed from big clouds of gas and dust is known as a ______. 

• clouds grande
• BCOG's
• neutron clouds
• nebulae

The only force acting on the nebulae is ________.

• thermal
• singular
• gravity
• microscopic

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

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

When our Sun becomes a Red Giant, it will engulf _______.

• just Mercury
• all the inner planets.
• the entire solar system
• just Mercury and Venus

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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 the core of a Red Supergiant collapses, a bright event known as a ___________ occurs.

• superdupernova
• supernova
• big bang
• black hole

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

• silicon
• iron (Fe)
• carbon
• plutonium

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Gravity pulls gases and dust particles in space toward one another, squeezing them into a smaller and smaller space. The temperature at the center rises high enough for nuclear fusion of hydrogen to begin.
What stage in a stars life cycle is this describing? 

• The birth of a star
• The death of a star
• Black Hole
• Stellar Nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

Hotter stars appear to be what color?

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

• Green

Cooler stars appear to be what color?

• Red

• Blue

• Yellow

• Green