Stars

To classify a star by color and temperature:

• the hottest are red; the coolest are blue-white

• yellow stars like our Sun are hottest

• the hottest are blue; the coolest are red

• the hottest are white; the coolest are red

What cloud formation are stars born in?

• Nursery

• Oort cloud

• Kuiper Belt

• Nebula

Energy production in a star takes place in the

• core

• corona

• convection zone

• radioactive zone

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

True or False-The energy source for all stars is nuclear fusion.

• True

• False

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

A(n) ____________ can only be seen indirectly, since it emits no light.

• Super Giant

• Main Sequence Star

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

Astronomers can calculate the distance to a star by observing its ____________.

• Parallax

• Centric Tilt

• Constellation Wobble

• None of the above

True or False-Large and small stars start their lives in a Nebula.

• True

• False

In a low mass star, what stage of it's life is the star in when it fuses all of its helium into carbon and expells it's outer layers into space?

• Red Giant

• Red Supergiant

• Planetary Nebula

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

All of the following occur during a supernova EXCEPT?

• All of the helium in a

  supergiant has fused

  into iron

• The core collapses

  violently

• Nuclear fusion continues to occur and at a higher rate

• The outer portion of

  the star explodes

True or False- A Neutron Star is much more massive than a white dwarf.

• True

• False