Earth and Space

Stars form from clouds of gas and dust called:

• Planetary Nebulas

• Protostars

• Nebulas

• Supernovas

A star that is made of heavier elements is older than a star made of lighter elements.

• True

• False

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A neutron star would be the final fate of a:

• Small mass star

• Large mass star

• Huge mass star

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What phase will a star be in before it becomes a giant or supergiant?

• White Dwarf

• Protostar

• Neutron Star

• Main-Sequence

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What star characteristic is responsible for which lifecycle path it takes?

• Temperature

• Mass

• Color

• Luminosity

An object moving toward earth would shift towards which end of the visible light spectrum?

• Red

• Blue

• Orange

• Green

Very hot stars are what color? 

• Blue
• Yellow
• Red
• Orange

Approximately how old is the earth? 

• 4.5 million years old 
• 4.5 billion years old 
• 5 million years old
• 7 billion years old 

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Earth, and the rest of the solar system, formed from a giant cloud of gas and dust in space called a __.

• protosun

• nebula

• galaxy

• comet

The core was formed by:

• The heavy elements sinking to the center

• The center freezing before the outside

• From a collision with a large object

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