Ch. 22 Lesson 3 Quick Vocabulary

What do we call an object whose gravity is so great that no light can escape?

• black hole

• nebula

• neutron

• supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

What do we call a cloud of gas and dust where stars form?

• black hole

• supernova

• white dwarf

• nebula

What do we call a neutral particle in the nucleus of an atom?

• black hole

• nebula

• neutron

• supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

What do we call the dense core of neutrons that remain after a supernova?

• nebula

• black hole

• neutron

• neutron star

What is an enormous explosion that destroys a star?

• black hole

• nebula

• supernova

• neutron star

What do we call a hot, dense, slowly cooling sphere of carbon?

• white dwarf

• black hole

• nebula

• supernova