Stars Vocabulary

The only force acting on stellar nebulae is ________.

• thermal
• singular
• gravity
• microscopic

A star is born when ________________ begins to happen.

• nuclear fusion
• nuclear abrasion
• crying
• nuclear fission

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-PS1-8

The core of a Red Giant collapses and becomes a ___________________.

• White Dwarf
• Blue Supergiant
• Red Supergiant
• Black Hole

After a supernova, the core can collapse into a neutron star, or if massive enough even a ___________.

• Black Hole
• White Dwarf
• Brown Dwarf
• Black Dwarf

When a Red Giant's outer atmosphere drifts away it is now known as a ____________.

• planetary cloud
• White Dwarf cloud
• planetary nebula
• expanding nebula

More massive stars continue to fuse elements in their cores all the way up to ________.

• silicon
• iron (Fe)
• carbon
• plutonium

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A black hole is an object so dense with so much gravity that even ________ cannot escape.

• man
• bacon
• spaceships
• light

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS4-3

NGSS.HS-PS2-4

a gigantic explosion that causes the death of a large star

• pulsar
• red giant 
• supernova
• black hole

The color of a star depends on its

• size
• temperature
• shape
• magnitude

What color are the hottest stars?

• red
• yellow
• orange
• blue