Life of a Star
Authored by Clint Sandford
Science
9th - 12th Grade
NGSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Low mass red dwarfs are classified as ____ -type stars and can live up to 10 trillion years.
M
O & B
visual binary
spectroscopic binary
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Why do most O & B -type stars only last a few million years before dying?
because they only form in clusters with other large stars
because they are not found in globular clusters
O & B -types use up their fuel slowly due to size
these stars burn through their fuel very quickly due to size
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which statement best describes M-type stars?
they can be red or orange-yellow in color
almost all M-type stars ever born are still around
their surface temperatures range from 10 - 50,000 oF
almost all M-type stars ever born have died out
Tags
NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
High-mass stars (O & B) die ____ while low-mass stars tend to go out ____.
violently, gently
quietly, explosively
explosively, violently
with a whimper, with a bang
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
NGSS.HS-ESS1-1
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Medium-size stars (like our Sun & Alpha Centauri A) tend to
go out or die in stages.
live most of their lives off the main sequence.
sometimes expand until they explode.
turn into white dwarf stars fairly quickly.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
NGSS.HS-ESS1-1
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Core-hydrogen burning in a star refers to
hydrogen fusing into helium providing an outward pressure.
the eventual collapse of the core in a sun-like star.
hydrogen that is burning to form heat & pressure.
hydrostatic equilibrium.
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
NGSS.HS-ESS1-1
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
The outward force of core-fusion balances the inward force of gravity. This is called ____.
hydrostatic fusion
gravitational balancing force
hydrostatic equilibrium
solar equllibrium
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1
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