Ch 16.4 Lesson Check

What is this?

• Star

• Planet

• Nebula

• Prostar

Our Sun is a what?

• Star

• Nebula

• Prostar

• Planet

A pulsar is a spinning what?

• black hole

• neutron star

• supernova

• white dwarf

What happens when a star just runs out of fuel?

• supernova

• black hole

• white dwarf

• nuclear fusion

When is a star born?

• when the nebula starts to spin

• When it mom gives birth

• when x-rays get emitted

• when nuclear fusion starts

What determine how long a star is going to live for?

• gravity

• the type of prostar

• its mass

• its temperature

A supernova is...

• an explosion at the end of a stars life

• a nova that is really big

• where stars are born

• the middle of a black hole

______________ is a large cloud of gas and dust in space.

• star

• nebula

• supernova

• black hole

A nebula that is mistaken for a planet when looking in a telescope

• butterfly nebula

• orion's nebula

• planetary nebula

• supernova

A smaller start becomes this at the end of its life.

• Supernova

• Red Giant

• Black Dwarf

• White Dwarf