Stars: Birth, Life and Death

All stars begin their life in a

• Main Sequence
• Nebula
• Protostar
• Black Dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The life cycles of stars are determined by their:

• mass (size)
• color
• distance from Earth
• luminosity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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

• pulsar
• red giant 
• supernova
• black hole

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A ________ is an object so dense with so much gravity that even light cannot escape.

• neutron star
• white dwarf
• blackhole
• black dwarf

The stable period of a star’s life cycle is called... 

• The birth of a star
• Nebula 
• Neutron star
• Main Sequence 

A relatively small, dense star at the end of its life cycle, which generates little or no energy and has contracted to its densest state.
What stage in the life cycle does this describe? 

• Black Hole
• Nebula
• White Dwarf
• Red Giant

The remains from its supernova will form a rapidly spinning, highly magnetic star called a... 

• Neutron star
• Black Hole
• White Dwarf
• Supernova

Our sun is currently in what star stage?

• Protostar
• Nebula
• Main Sequence
• Red Giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

This is an image of the first stage in the formation of a star, also known as a ....

• Main Sequence

• Planetary Nebula

• Supernova

• Nebula

When nebula is big and hot enough is collapses on itself and _____ is made

• white dwarf

• supernova

• protostar

• planetary nebula