8th grade stars

What color are the hottest stars?

• red
• yellow
• orange
• blue

What is the color of the coolest stars?

• blue
• Yellow
• Red
• Orange

As our sun continues through its life cycle, it will _________ and turn into a _______________.

• gradually get smaller and smaller until it dies out/ black hole

• Gradually get larger until its outer layers drift off/ white dwarf

• become denser and denser/ protostar

• become hotter and hotter blue/ hypergiant.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

All stars begin their life in a

• Main Sequence

• Nebula

• Protostar

• Black Dwarf

A gigantic explosion that causes the death of a large star is called

• pulsar
• red giant 
• supernova
• black hole

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Our sun is a ____________ star.

• main sequence G2

• massive star

• supernova

• red giant

Average size stars will turn into a _____ star next.

• protostar

• red giant

• supergiant

• black hole

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

True or False
The Sun is the biggest star in the sky.

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

True or False
Constellations are stars that appear to be in a pattern.

• True
• False

What is the name of the largest stars?

• Protostars
• Supergiants
• Red Giants
• Dwarf Stars