Universe Vocabulary

A star that forms as the core of a giant star no longer supports fusion and the star’s outer layers escape into space, leaving a hot and dense core is called a (a)   .

• White Dwarf
• Red Giant
• Neutron Star
• Black Hole

The shift to a different wavelength due to the movement of an object is called the (a)   .

• Doppler Effect
• Redshift
• Blueshift
• Spectral Shift

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The spiral galaxy of which the Sun and our solar system are a part of is called the (a)   .

• Milky Way
• Andromeda
• Triangulum
• Solar System

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A large ball of gas (mostly hydrogen and helium) held together by gravity, with a core so hot that nuclear fusion occurs, and producing both heat and light is called a (a)   .

• Star
• Planet
• Comet
• Asteroid

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The distance light travels in one year is called a (a)   .

• Light Year
• Kilometer
• Astronomical Unit
• Parsec

A huge explosion at the end of the lifecycle of a massive star, that destroys a star.

• Supernova
• Planetary Nebula

• Star

• Black Hole

An invisible form of energy that creates a repulsive force causing the universe to expand.

• Dark Energy
• Matter

• Space

• Dust

A star that fuses hydrogen into helium in its core, the type of star that our Sun is.

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A graph that plots luminosity versus the temperature of stars.

A cloud of dust and gas, formed when gravity pulls together the dust and gas in a nebula, that develops into a star.