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Life Cycle of a Star

Authored by Taylor Phillips

Science

9th - 12th Grade

NGSS covered

Used 2+ times

Life Cycle of a Star
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 1 on the diagram. All stars begin life in the same way forming from a cloud of dust and gas, also known as a ...

Stellar nebula

Planetary nebula

Massive star

Black hole

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 3, this type of star has exhausted the supply of hydrogen in its core and has begun

thermonuclear fusion of hydrogen in a shell surrounding the core. It is called ....

Red giant

Red super giant

Massive star

Neutron star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 4 on the diagram, this is what stars like the Sun become after they have exhausted their nuclear fuel.

White dwarf

Neutron star

Red giant

Super red giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 5 on the diagram, these types of stars are born in the same way as other stars. They are the most luminous stars and have a mass have a mass 3 - 50x that of the Sun. They are called

Massive stars

Average stars

White dwarfs

Super red giants

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 6 on the diagram, these stars are the largest known stars in the universe measuring more than a 1000x the size of our Sun. They are known as ....

Red super giants

Massive stars

White dwarfs

Neutron stars

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 7 on the diagram, this is a powerful and luminous stellar explosion. This event occurs during the last stellar evolutionary stages when a massive star is triggered into runaway nuclear fusion. It is known as a ....

Supernova

Stella nebula

Big Bang

Black hole

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

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Shown as number 8 on the diagram, these stars are the collapsed core of a massive supergiant star, which had a total mass of between 10 and 25 solar masses. They result from a supernova explosion. They are called ....

Neutron stars

White dwarfs

Massive stars

Red giants

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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