Components of the Universe Project- William Leahy

Where do all stars begin their life cycles?

• Nebula

• Asteroid

• Black hole

• The sun

What contains all space and matter?

• -The Universe

• -The Sun

• -The Milky Way

• -The Earth

• -Jupiter

What type of Galaxy is the Milky Way?

• An elliptical- shaped galaxy

• An oval- shaped galaxy

• A spiral- shaped galaxy

• A hexagon- shaped galaxy

Our sun is___

• -A medium, average sized star, with a medium, average temperature.

• -A significantly large star with an above average temperature.

• - A significantly small star with a below average temperature.

• A medium, average sized star, with an above average temperature.

Based on the HR diagram, what happens as you move left?

• -The stars remain the same temperature

• -The stars get smaller

• -The stars get increasingly hotter

• -The stars get increasingly colder

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which of the following categories is our sun in?

• -Main sequence

• -White dwarf

• -Supergiants

• -Last sequence

What does the luminosity of a star measure?

• -The star's mass

• -The star's temperature

• -The star's height

• - The star's brightness

Which of the following statements regarding stars is true?

• Only meteors are main sequence stars.

• Star formation begins at the main sequence phase.

• As a comet loses mass, it becomes a white dwarf.

• Star formation begins in a nebula.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is a large celestial body made of gases that emits is own light caused by nuclear reactions referred to as?

• -A star

• -A planet

• -A galaxy

• -The sun

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What object in space matches the following characteristics?

-An icy object with a tail composed of gas and dust

• -A comet

• -A white dwarf

• -A red giant

• -A galaxy