DOL - 11/6 - Life Cycle of Star

What is a Nebula?

• A cloud of gas and dust

• A small, dim, hot star

• A large, bright, cool star

• A turkey

The birth place of stars and planets are called ____________________.

• Black Dwarf

• Red Giant

• Protostar

• Nebula

Our sun is known as a middle-aged, stable star. Also known as a ____________________.

• Gas Giant

• Nebula

• Pulsar

• Main Sequence Star

What is a White Dwarf?

• A small, dim, hot star

• A giant, bright, cool star

• A turkey

• A collapsed star so dense that light cannot escape.

This type of star forms when a massive star collapses.

• Black Hole

• Protostar

• Neutron Star

• Pulsar

What is a Black Hole?

• A collapsed star so dense that light does not escape its gravitational pull.

• An explosion in which some layers of a star are blown away.

• A large, bright, cool star

• A small, dim, hot star

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

• the earliest stage of a star

• Nebula

• a large cloud of gas and dust

• White Dwarf

• leftover from giant star explosion

• Protostar

• explosion of a giant star

• Supernova

• the end of a average star's life

• Neutron Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

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

• Planetary Nebula

• Red Giant

• White Dwarf

• Stellar Nebula

• Average Star

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3