Practice: Stars and their Life Cycle

The Hertzsprung-Russell diagram graphs stars' luminosity and ....

• color

• size

• temperature

• distance

The Sun is a ___________ star.

• red giant

• main sequence

• protostar

• white dwarf

Everything that exists, including all matter and energy. Mostly consists of empty space.

• a galaxy

• a black hole

• the Universe

• the Solar System

Aldebaran is a ____________

• red giant

• white dwarf

• main sequence star

• supergiant

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The process by which a star changes over its lifetime is its ____________.

• birth

• age

• life cycle

• growth

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

A giant structure that contains dust, gasses, and hundreds of billions of stars.

• Our solar system

• The universe

• A nebula

• A galaxy

Ninety percent of all stars are ______ .

• white dwarfs

• supergiants

• red giants

• main sequence stars

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

The force that governs the motion of our solar system.

• Gravity

• Mass

• Magnetism

• Acceleration

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

The ______ of a star determines its life cycle.

• gravity

• mass

• age

• color

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

How many stars are in our Solar System?

• Hundreds

• Billions

• One

• Eight