HR Diagram

Which category is our Sun located in?

• White Dwarfs
• Supergiants
• Main Sequence
• Giants

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

Our sun is currently a main sequence star. All main sequence stars fuse ____ in their cores.

• helium into hydrogen

• hydrogen into helium

• helium into carbon

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

an immense cloud of dust & gas where stars are born

• black hole

• nebula

• prominence

• supernova

What is being measured on the X-Axis of the HR diagram?

• Temperature

• Luminosity (brightness)

• the size

• the mass

What is being measured on the Y-Axis of the HR diagram?

• Temperature

• Luminosity (brightness)

• the size

• the mass

What are the 5 properties of stars?

• Mass, size, distance, color, and dimension.

• Mass, size, brightness, temperature, and color.

• Size, dimension, distance, color, and temperature.

• Distance, brightness, color, mass, and size.

A small, hot star resulting from an average mass star is called a ----- .

• white dwarf

• red dwarf

• supergiant

• protostar

The stable period of a star’s life cycle is called... 

• The birth of a star
• Nebula 
• Neutron star
• Main Sequence 

After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ___________.

• Black Hole
• White Dwarf
• Brown Dwarf
• Black Dwarf

What type of star is our Sun?

• A very hot star

• an average star

• a cool star

• It's not a star.