Black Holes

Select all correct answers:

• Black holes were once stars.

• A black hole is the center of our solar system.

• A black hole's gravity can be strong enough to trap light.

• Black holes are at the center of most galaxies.

Black holes can affect time.

• True

• False

Once a star's gravitational balance becomes unstable and the mass of the star collapses on itself, it can become either a black hole or a ____________.

• Neutron Star

• White Dwarf

• Red Supergiant

• Planet

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

It is believed that humans can survive the journey into a black hole.

• True

• False

What are explosions that create black holes?

• Nebula

• Supernova

• The Big Bang

• Event horizon

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-2

What is singularity?

• The theory that only one black hole can exist in any galaxy.

• A star's core.

• An infinitely dense point at the center of a black hole.

• None of the above.

A star's energy is created through fusion and is emitted as radiation.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

What happens at the end of a black hole's life cycle?

• Nothing, they last forever.

• They transform back into stars.

• They evaporate.

• They fall off the edge of the universe.