🟢The Life Cycle of a Star

Match the following stages of a star's life cycle with the correct description.

• the earliest stage of a star

• White Dwarf

• leftover from giant star explosion

• Neutron Star

• explosion of a giant star

• Nebula

• the end of a average star's life

• Protostar

• a large cloud of gas and dust

• Supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Put the following stages of an average star (the sun) in order from birth to death.

• Average Star

• Planetary Nebula

• Red Giant

• Stellar Nebula

• White Dwarf

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Label the elements of a star life cycle.

a

b

c

d

main sequence star

white dwarf

black hole

supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is the process when hydrogen atoms combine to make helium atoms inside our sun.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

For most of a star’s life, ​ (a)   in the core produces ​ (b)   from ​ (c)   . A star in this stage is a ​ (d)   . For stars on the main sequence, temperature is directly related to brightness. A star is on the main sequence as long as it is able to balance the inward force of ​ (e)   with the outward force of nuclear fusion in its core. The more massive a star, the more it must burn hydrogen fuel to prevent gravitational collapse. Because they burn more fuel, more massive stars have higher temperatures. Massive stars also run out of hydrogen sooner than smaller stars do.

• nuclear fusion
• helium
• hydrogen
• main sequence star
• gravity

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

After the main sequence, a high mass star becomes a

• black dwarf
• protostar
• red giant
• supergiant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

After the main sequence, a low mass star becomes a

• black dwarf
• protostar
• red giant
• supergiant

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

After a supergiant, a high mass star explodes and forms a

• supernova
• red giant
• black hole
• planetary nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A high mass star can end as this stage, which is so dense that not even light can escape!

• black dwarf
• white dwarf
• supernova
• black hole

______ is a force that causes dust particles to stick together in a nebula.

• nuclear fusion
• gravity
• hydrogen
• iron

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4