
01 Quiz Stellar Life Cycle Stars 2025
Authored by Heidi Anderson
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10th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the source for new stars to form?
The interstellar medium (ISM) made of gas & dust
The true vacuum of space
The galactic wind
The heliopause
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these is true about galactic and stellar winds? (from video)
They are mostly composed of neutral atoms
Charged ions are not deflected by our Sun’s & Earth’s magnetic field
The neutral atoms go through magnetic fields
Galactic & stellar winds do not help form new stars
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is true about the formation of a solar disk?
The ISM cools down as it collapses
The ISM flattens and starts to heat and spin
Planets do not form from the ISM with the star
Fusion does not start inside a star’s core
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the “frost line” concept important for?
Understanding why rocky planets are close to stars & gas giants are not
Understanding why planets have different temperatures
Understanding why there are exactly 8 planets around our Sun
Understanding the temperature required to form a star
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
How do planets form?
Material in the solar disk collides and sticks together, called “accretion”
Fusion in the star’s core forms the planets
Planets do not form from the same ISM that the star does
Fusion does not start inside a star’s core
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which of these is true?
Gas giants always form closer to a star because of the “frost line”
The most distant object ever encountered by a spacecraft is a planetesimal
There are no pictures of solar disk formation
The word “planetesimal” means “gas giant planets”
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is the name of the gas/dust clouds that form stars?
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NGSS.HS-ESS1-3
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