Stellar evolution

A list of stars, starting with the brightest as alpha and so on, is known as?

• Beyer Designation

• Messier Catalogue

• Comparative List

Stars begin life as...

• Red Giants

• Planetary Nebulas

• Stellar Nebulas

• White Dwarfs

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

When a star expands and cools it sheds its outer shell, otherwise known as?

• Planetary Nebula

• Stellar Nebula

• Supernova

• White Dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

After a star goes supernova, it collapses into a....

• Red Giant

• White Dwarf

• Neutron Star/Black Hole

• Black Dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A star of less than 4 solar masses will become a...

• Neutron Star

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

• Supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

White Dwarf stars are balanced between gravitational pressure and...

• Radiation pressure

• Neutron pressure

• Electron pressure

• Proton pressure

Main Sequence stars are balanced by gravitational pressure and...

• Radiation pressure

• Neutron pressure

• Electron pressure

• Proton pressure

What is the name of the limit given to the maximum size of a white dwarf

• Event Horizon

• Beyer Designation

• Messier Catalogue

• Chandrasekhar Limit

Neutron Stars that spin (emitting two focused beams of EM waves) are called...

• Blazers

• Phasers

• Pulsars

• Quasars

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The point at which no light can be seen in relation to black holes is known as the...

• Quasar

• Event Horizon

• Hawking Radiation

• Chandrasekhar Limit