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A pattern of easily recognizable

stars. It is smaller than a constellation.

• red giant

• asterism

• white giant

• puslar

The brightness of

a star as it appears to an observer on Earth.

• apparent magnitude

• asterism

• white dwarf

• black dwarf

A white dwarf star that has

cooled and that no longer gives off light.

• supergiant

• puslar

• white dwarf

• black dwarf

A source of light that is billions of

light-years away in space.

• supergiant

• quasar

• white dwarf

• fusion

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The massive remains of a

supernova with a gravitational pull so strong

that not even light can escape its gravity.

• white dwarf

• black hole

• red giant

• supernova

A process that occurs when nuclei

of lightweight elements, such as hydrogen,

combine to form heavier elements, such as

helium.

• red giant

• fusion

• black giant

• supernova

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

A fast-spinning neutron star that

sends out a pulsating beam of radiation.

• puslar

• fusion

• supernova

• asterism

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

The apparent change in position

of an object when viewed from different

locations, or points of view.

• white dwarf

• asterism

• parallax

• supernova

The apparent change in position

of an object when viewed from different

locations, or points of view.

• asterism

• puslar

• parallax

• black dwarf

A star more massive than

the Sun that has the ability to fuse heavier

elements together in its core.

• neutron star

• black hole

• supergiant

• puslar

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

NGSS.HS-PS1-8