Life Cycle of Stars

The only force acting on the stellar nebulae is ________.

• thermal

• singular

• gravity

• microscopic

A star is born when ________________ begins to happen.

• nuclear fusion
• nuclear abrasion
• crying
• nuclear fission

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

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

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

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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

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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

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

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

• silicon
• iron (Fe)
• carbon
• plutonium

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

As gravity pulls gas and dust into a sphere that becomes denser and hotter, and a sunlike star begins to form, 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

A spinning neutron star that emits rapid pulses of energy

• red giant

• pulsar

• black hole

• supernova

What color are the hottest stars?

• red
• yellow
• orange
• blue