High Mass Stars

A star becomes a ticking time-bomb once silicon starts fusing into ___

• calcium
• cadmium
• iron
• lead

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

When helium fusion begins, a massive, blue, main sequence star will become ___

• a red dwarf
• a blue dwarf
• a blue giant
• a red super giant

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The core of a supergiant star looks like an onion because it has ___

• white inner layers
• a brown outer layer
• multiple layers
• a bulb shape

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

As the core collapses, if a star has less than twenty times the Sun's mass, it becomes ___

• a white dwarf
• a neutron star
• a brown dwarf
• a black hole

As the core collapses, if a star has more than twenty times the Sun's mass, it becomes ___

• a white dwarf
• a neutron star
• a planetary nebula
• a black hole

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NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The Crab Nebula, formed from expanding material, is called ___

• an open cluster
• a planetary nebula
• a supernova remnant
• a globular cluster

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The creation of heavy elements during a supernova explosion is called ___

• explosive amalgamation
• fusion amalgamation
• explosive nucleosynthesis
• nuclear coalescence

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The majority of heavy elements in the universe were created and scattered by ___

• supernovae
• the Big Bang
• planetary nebulae
• star formation

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Formed when star explodes

• minature black hole

• supernovea

• fusion

• nova

The point in the center of the black hole where we believe that physics as we know if may cease to exist

• accretion disk

• singularity

• supernova

• quasar