Unit 2 Stellar Evolution Review

What do we call a cloud of gas and dust in space where stars are born?

• Nebula

• Main Sequence

• Supernova

• Black Hole

What do we call a star that is stable in size and shape, and is undergoing hydrogen fusion in its core?

• Nebula

• Main Sequence Star

• White Dwarf

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

When a sun-sized star runs out of fusible hydrogen and begins to fuse helium in its core, it forms a...

• Giant Star.

• Supergiant Star.

• Black Hole.

• Nebula.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

When a star more massive than the sun runs out of fusible hydrogen in its core, it expands into a...

• Main Sequence Star.

• Nebula.

• Supergiant Star.

• Giant Star.

What do we call the hot, leftover core of a dead sun-sized star?

• Black Hole

• Nebula

• Giant Star

• White Dwarf

When a supergiant star runs out of fusible elements, it collapses in on itself and explodes in an event called a...

• supernova.

• planetary nebulosis.

• fusion.

• the big bang.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

When a massive star dies, it can form an object so dense that its gravity even pulls in light. This object is called a...

• giant star.

• white dwarf.

• black hole.

• nebula.

When a massive star dies, it's leftover core can be crushed into a ball of neutrons called a...

• neutron star.

• supernova.

• supergiant star.

• white dwarf.

What do we call the process in which light, atomic nuclei combine to form a heavier nucleus?

• Nuclear Fission

• Nuclear Fusion

• Supernova

• Nebulosis

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What do we call the process in which new elements are formed within stars?

• The Big Bang

• Photosynthesis

• Nucleosynthesis

• Luminosity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3