The Life Cycle of a Star

What is the final stage of a low mass star?

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

• Red Giant

• Neutron Star

What is the final stage of a high mass star?

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

• Red Giant

• Neutron Star

What is the final stage of a very high mass star?

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

• Red Giant

• Neutron Star

Which star is likely to be the hottest? Use the H-R diagram

• Type B Star

• White Dwarf

• Red Giant

• Type G Star (Sun)

Which mass of star will have the shortest life span?

• Low Mass Star

• Medium Mass Star

• High Mass Star

• Very High Mass Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Which stage of life is the sun currently in?

• White Dwarf

• Planetary Nebula

• Main Sequence

• Red Giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is the name of the cosmic cloud of dust and gas that is the first stage in the birth of a star?

• Protostar

• Spiral Galaxy

• Quasar

• Stellar Nebula

A stellar nebula will eventually condense into a hot ball of mostly hydrogen called a __________. At this point, nuclear fusion has not yet started but it will soon.

• Protostar

• White Dwarf

• Brown Dwarf

• Main Sequence

In a low-medium mass star, at the end of the red giant stage, the red giant's atmosphere expands outward to create a...

• White Dwarf

• Planetary Nebula

• Supernova

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

In a low-medium mass star, after the end of the red giant phase, a hot inner core of the star is left over. This core is a called a __________. There is no longer nuclear fusion happening at this stage.

• White Dwarf

• Planetary Nebula

• Supernova

• Neutron Star