Nuclear Fusion Review

In nuclear fusion, smaller atoms are forced together to create larger atoms. Does this process release, absorb or maintain energy?

• Absorb energy
• Maintain energy
• Release energy

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Do all stars make energy through fusion?

• Yes
• No
• Just our sun
• Only large stars

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This process, called nuclear fusion, is the energy source of all __________.

There may be more than one answer for this questions.

• planets

• suns

• stars

• plants

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When hydrogen is "fused" together on the Sun, what new element is created?

• Helium

• Carbon Dioxide

• Oxygen

• Light

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When is a star born?

• when the nebula starts spinning
• nuclear fusion starts
• when gas and dust starts to contract
• when x rays get emitted

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Stars can take different paths due to having different _____________

• temperature
• mass
• brightness
• color

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After the main sequence, a low mass star becomes a

• black dwarf
• protostar
• red giant
• supergiant

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After the main sequence, a high mass star becomes a

• black dwarf
• protostar
• red giant
• supergiant

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The final stage of a low mass star is a 

• neutron star
• nebula
• black hole
• black dwarf

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After a supergiant, a high mass star explodes and forms a

• supernova
• red giant
• black hole
• planetary nebula

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