Star Cycle

What is the final stage of a low mass star?

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

• Red Giant

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which stage of life is the sun currently in?

• White Dwarf

• Planetary Nebula

• Main Sequence

• Red Giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

What is the name of the cosmic cloud of dust and gas that is the first stage in the birth of a star?

• Protostar

• Spiral Galaxy

• Quasar

• Stellar Nebula

A stellar nebula will eventually condense into a hot ball of mostly hydrogen called a __________. At this point, nuclear fusion has not yet started but it will soon.

• Protostar

• White Dwarf

• Brown Dwarf

• Main Sequence

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

In a low-medium mass star, after the end of the red giant phase, a hot inner core of the star is left over. This core is a called a __________. There is no longer nuclear fusion happening at this stage.

• White Dwarf

• Planetary Nebula

• Supernova

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A star forming nebula is...

• birthplace of stars
• made up of gas and dust
• contracts due to gravity to begin forming a star
• All are correct

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

After a supernova, if the core is massive enough it can collapse into a...

• Black Hole
• White Dwarf
• Brown Dwarf
• Black Dwarf

Mass of a star determines how long it "lives".

• True
• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

True or False: All stars will eventually become a black hole

• True

• False

How many stars are in our solar system?

• too many to count

• billions

• one

• only the stars that we can see