Nebula

______ is a force that causes dust particles to stick together in a nebula.

• nuclear fusion
• gravity
• hydrogen
• iron

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

All stars begin as a __________?

• giant
• black hole
• white dwarf
• nebula

Nebula's are mixtures of gases and what?

• clouds
• stars
• tiny particles
• dust

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NGSS.MS-PS1-1

What force acted on the massive nebula to collapse it and eventually form our sun?

• electrostatic force
• strong force
•  weak force
• gravity

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NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What is the first stage of the life cycle of a star for all stars?

• nebula
• protostar
• main-sequence
• red giant

This is a young star that glows as gravity brings it together

• Nebula
• Protostar
• Main-sequence star
• Red giant

Most stars are made of which elements?

• Hydrogen only
• Hydrogen and Lithium
• Hydrogen and Sodium
• Hydrogen and Helium

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The interstellar medium & nebula clouds are important because

• the Big Bang would've never occurred without them.

• black holes would never exist if the clouds were not there.

• they make up the space between the stars.

• they are regions for new star formation.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The interstellar medium is an area that is packed with dense clouds of star-forming material.

• True

• False

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The Orion Nebula is a nearby star-forming region in which galaxy?

• Pegasus

• Andromeda

• IC 1101: a supergiant elliptical galaxy at the center of the Abell 2029 galaxy cluster

• The Milky Way

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2