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Life Cycle of Stars

Authored by Adela Genoves

Science

9th Grade

NGSS covered

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Life Cycle of Stars
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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an enormous cloud of dust and gas occupying the space between stars and acting as a nursery for new stars.

nebula

main sequence star

mass

luminosity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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contracting mass of gas which represents an early stage in the formation of a star, before nucleosynthesis has begun

supervona

black hole

protostar

gravity

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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stars that are fusing hydrogen atoms to form helium atoms in their cores.

super redgiant

red giant

Nebula

main sequence star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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very large star of high luminosity and low surface temperature, thought to be in a late stage of evolution when no hydrogen remains in the core to fuel nuclear fusion.

nuclear fusion

main sequence star

core collapse

red giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet, formed when a low-mass star has exhausted all its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers as a planetary nebula.

black dwarf

white dwarf

super redgiant

mass

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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extremely large red giant star with a minimum of 15 solar masses. The best known red supergiant is Betelgeuse, with a luminosity about 10,000 times that of the Sun.

super redgiant

main sequence star

supernova

neutron star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

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star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness because of a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of its mass.

nebula

supernova

luminosity

red giant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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