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Large Mass Stars

Total questions: 36

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What happens to time at the event horizon?

a)

It slows to half

b)

it stops

c)

it speeds up then slows down

d)

it reverses

2.

Label the parts of the lighthouse model.

3.

Which of the following is not produced when Carbon fuses to heavier elements?

a)

neon

b)

magnesium

c)

helium

d)

sodium

4.

Which of the following occurs when iron is fused in the core of a large mass star?

a)

neutrinos are formed

b)

electrons are absorbed

c)

neutron stars are formed

d)

energy is given off

5.

Which of the following is a Type II supernova?

a)

explosion occurs only to stars in a narrow mass range — 0.5 - 0.75 solar masses

b)

results from the rapid collapse and violent explosion of a massive star

c)

binary systems in which one of the stars is a white dwarf

d)

Red giant in binary system with another red giant

6.

A famous supernova remnant

a)

crab

b)

dumbbell

c)

ring

d)

hourglass

7.

What is the highest element fused in the large mass star?

a)

hydrogen

b)

Iron

c)

oxygen

d)

silicon

8.

Which of the following does NOT occur during Stage 10 for large mass stars?

a)

supernova explosion

b)

fusion stops at iron

c)

star oscillates back and forth on HR diagram

d)

no helium flash

9.

Neutronium is

a)

a made up term in science fiction

b)

the material in a black hole

c)

the material in a neutron star

d)

the material in a white dwarf

10.

Which of the following is NOT a property of a neutron star?

a)

1 - 3 solar masses in core

b)

1 solar mass is 10km in diameter

c)

size of Manhattan

d)

collapse of the core of a sun sized star

11.

Who discovered pulsars?

a)

Madam Curie

b)

Vera Rubin

c)

Liza Mitner

d)

Jocelyn Bell

12.

Which of the following statements is true?

a)

black holes are visible with special telescopes

b)

neutron stars are the size of the earth

c)

black holes are not cosmic vacuum cleaners

d)

neutron stars are made of neutrinos

13.

LGM stand for

a)

large green matter

b)

large ginormous men

c)

land guiding meter

d)

little green men

14.

What is at the center of most galaxies like the Milky way?

a)

Supermassive supernova remnant

b)

supermassive black hole

c)

the Magellanic cluster

d)

multiple black holes in binary systems

15.

The most natural clocks in the universe is a _____________________.

a)

pulsar

b)

nova

c)

supernova

d)

orbit of moon

16.

Novae happen

a)

once

b)

over and over again

c)

only 5 times

d)

only twice

17.

A magnetar is

a)

neutron star with strong x-ray pulses

b)

neutron star - pulses of gamma rays quadrillion times larger than sun

c)

neutron star - electric field quadrillion times larger than sun

d)

neutron star - magnetic field quadrillion times larger than sun

18.

What happens to lengths as they move close to the speed of light?

a)

they contract

b)

they expand

c)

they stretch

d)

nothing

19.

Which of the following is NOT a type of pulsar?

a)

millisecond

b)

x-ray bursters

c)

gamma ray bursters

d)

magnetic bursters

20.

The escape velocity is

a)

speed you reach when you have a parachute

b)

speed you reach when you are skydiving

c)

speed needed to leave a planet or star

d)

speed a planet has around a star

21.

What is it called when the escape velocity equals the speed of light?

a)

a crash course

b)

a black hole

c)

an event horizon

d)

a neutron star

22.

What is the Schwarzschild radius?

a)

radius of the black hole

b)

radius of a neutron star

c)

radius where time slows

d)

radius where light cannot escape

23.

What happens to light coming from you at the event horizon?

a)

It shrinks the light making it shorter

b)

It shrink light and it loses all its energy

c)

It stretches and loses all its energy so it becomes invisible

d)

It stretches and becomes red instead of green

24.

What is spaghettification?

a)

the process of making pasta

b)

tidal forces stretch pasta

c)

neutron stars stretch you until you form spaghetti

d)

tidal forces stretching you until your legs look like a noodle

25.

Which of the following is a Type I supernova?

a)

explosion occurs only to stars in a narrow mass range — 0.5 - 0.75 solar masses

b)

results from the rapid collapse and violent explosion of a massive star

c)

binary systems in which one of the stars is a white dwarf

d)

Red giant in binary system with another red giant

26.

How large is the core of a high mass star that becomes a black hole?

a)

1 solar mass

b)

2 solar masses

c)

2.5 solar masses

d)

3 solar masses

27.

What is the name of the telescope that photographed the black hole?

a)

Event Horizon

b)

Schwarzschild

c)

Kepler

d)

Einstein

28.

Which of the following is an example of a black hole candidate?

a)

Cygnus X1

b)

Crab Pulsar

c)

Vela SNR

d)

SN 1604

29.

Mass does what to space-time?

a)

causes it to fold

b)

warps it

c)

wraps it

d)

it doesn't affect space-time

30.

Pulsars are

a)

black holes

b)

white dwarfs with companion star

c)

neutron stars

d)

supernovae remnants

31.

Which of the following does not occur with a Nova?

a)

explosion

b)

Helium fuses to Carbon

c)

process repeats

d)

an accretion disk forms

32.

Supernovae happen

a)

once

b)

more than 20 times

c)

only twice

d)

5 times and then it explodes

33.

The event horizon is

a)

the surface of a black hole

b)

where the black hole evaporates

c)

the radius where light cannot escape

d)

the area around a black hole where matter accumulates and glows

34.

Hydrogen fuses to ​ (a)   . Helium fuses to ​ (b)   Carbon can fuse to ​ (c)   ,​ (d)   , and ​ (e)   .

Choose from the below words
Helium
carbon.
Neon
Magnesium
Sodium
Iron
Silicon
oxygen
35.

Neon fuses to ​ ​ (a)   and ​ (b)   . Oxygen fuses to ​​ ​ (c)   Silicon fuses to ​ (d)   .

Choose from the below words
Magnesium
Hydrogen
Carbon
Helium
Oxygen
Iron
silicon
36.

Supernovae happen because

a)

Iron creates too much energy

b)

neutron degeneracy causes the explosion

c)

iron gives off electrons

d)

carbon absorbs energy