ESS - Life Cycles of Stars
Authored by Kelly DiGeronimo
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8th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
when gravity caused the center of the cloud to contract
when gravity caused heavy dust particles to split apart
by outgassing from the spinning interstellar cloud
by outgassing from Earth's interior
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2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After the young Sun formed, the rest of the disk of gas and dust
became spherical in shape
formed a central bulge
became larger in diameter
eventually formed into planets
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which object forms by the contraction of a large cloud of cases, followed by nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium?
a comet
a planet
a star
a moon
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4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
According to the diagram, in what stage does the sun spend the most time in its life cycle?
contracting from a gas cloud (nebula)
as a main sequence star
moving away from the main sequence and becoming a giant star
changing from a giant star to a white dwarf star
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
In what stage is the Sun most luminous according to the chart?
as a white dwarf
as a gas cloud (nebula)
as a main sequence star
as a giant star
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6.
OPEN ENDED QUESTION
3 mins • Ungraded
Every star starts out as a nebula that forms a protostar. What force is responsible for the contraction of the nebula?
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The force is gravity!
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How will the sun change as it moves from its Main Sequence stage to its white dwarf stage?
It will get less luminous as a giant star and then reach peak luminosity as a white dwarf
It will heat up as it becomes a giant star and cool off when it becomes a white dwarf
It will cool off and turn back into a cloud of dust and gases
it will increase in luminosity and become a giant star, and then decrease in luminosity when it becomes a white dwarf
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