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Star Formation

Authored by Brittany Davila

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12th Grade

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Star Formation
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

This quantity is the quantity that is crucial for deciding what route the star’s life will go down?

Temperature

Mass

Age

Formation Speed

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Stars are formed from.....

Giant clouds of dust and gas found in space.

Carbon and Dioxides.

The big bang.

Meteors and latent comets.

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Proto-stars are also known as ____ for the constellation in which the first one was observed.

neutron stars

very hot fusion orbs

T Tauri stars

A Tari stars.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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When enough mass is accreted by a proto-star then ____ occurs at the core.

atomic reactions

nuclear fusion

massive pressure

nuclear fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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What happens when a proto-star begins the hydrogen/fusion energy process in its core?

mayhem & destruction ensues

the proto-star becomes (officially) a real star

no one really knows since it hasn't been observed (yet)

the proto-star may explode due to the outward pressure

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

6.

MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Stars that never accumulated enough mass for core nuclear fusion to fully occur are

classified as white dwarfs.

known as Hayashi tracked protostars.

called "failed Jupiters."

known as brown dwarfs.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

Main sequence stars are stable because...

they experience hydrostatic equilibrium.

they experience thermal disequilibrium.

they slowly fuse nuclei up to the size of iron.

they are fusing helium into larger nuclei.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

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