WorksheetsStar Life Cycles Quiz
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What "fuel" do stars use?
a)
Oxygen
b)
Carbon
c)
Hydrogen
d)
Iron
2.
What color of star is the hottest?
a)
Blue
b)
Red
c)
Yellow
d)
White
3.
A star will spend the majority of it's life as a ________.
a)
Red Giant
b)
Spernova
c)
Super Giant
d)
Main Sequence Star
4.
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic used to classify stars?
a)
Temperature
b)
Color
c)
Shape
d)
Size
5.
Smaller stars (stars with less mass) have a shorter life cycle.
a)
True
b)
False
6.
According to the char provided below, which star is more massive than our Sun, but has a lower surface temperature?
a)
40 Eridani B
b)
Sirius
c)
Aldebaran
d)
Barnard’s Star
7.
Using the chart below, which characteristics best describe the star Betelgeuse?
a)
reddish orange with low luminosity and high surface temperature
b)
reddish orange with high luminosity and low surface temperature
c)
blue white with low luminosity and low surface temperature
d)
blue white with high luminosity and high surface temperature
8.
The surface temperature of our Sun is:
a)
5780 F
b)
5780 C
c)
5780 K
d)
10,000 K
9.
The diagram represents two possible sequences in the evolution of stars. Which table includes data that are characteristic of the surface temperature and luminosity of some white dwarf stars?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
10.
What is the name of the explosion at the death of a very massive star?
a)
Nebula
b)
Supergiant
c)
Supernova
d)
Black hole
11.
Our Sun is currently in which star stage?
a)
Main sequence
b)
Red giant
c)
White dwarf
d)
Red supergiant
12.
What will happen to our Sun when it is done performing nuclear fusion?
a)
It will explode into a supernova
b)
It will condense into a black hole
c)
It will expand into a red giant
d)
It will shrink into a white dwarf
13.
The force of _____ is higher than the force of ______ during the red giant phase of a star.
a)
nuclear fusion; gravity
b)
gravity; nuclear fusion
14.
A small, hot star at the END of its life cycle is called a _____.
a)
red giant
b)
red dwarf
c)
white dwarf
d)
protostar
15.
Which statement is true about the energy produced within our Sun?
a)
The energy is made through chemical combustion of hydrogen gas that will last 50,000 years.
b)
The energy is made through the nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms that will last 50,000 years
c)
The energy is made through chemical combustion of hydrogen gas that will last 10 billion years
d)
The energy is made through nuclear fusion of hydrogen atoms that will last about 10 billion years
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