Stellar Remnants

____ are hot, compact stars whose mass is comparable to the Sun's and size to the Earth's.

• White Dwarfs

• Neutron stars

• Black holes

• Pulsars

Which of the following objects would you expect to find at the center of a planetary nebula?

• Planet

• Neutron Star

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

__________ happens when a single high mass star explodes

• Nova

• Type I Supernova

• Type II Supernova

• X-Ray Burst

____________ happens when a white dwarf in a binary system accumulates more mass than Chandrasekhar limit

• Nova

• Type I Supernova

• Type II Supernova

• X-Ray Bursts

This event recurs and happens when one of the companions in the binary system is a white dwarf.

• Nova

• Type I Supernova

• Type II Supernova

• X-Ray Burst

___________ are hot, compact remnant stars whose mass is typically between one and several times that of the Sun, but the size is only 10 km or less.

• White Dwarfs

• Neutron stars

• Black holes

• Pulsars

This recurring event happens in the case of a binary system in which one of the companions is a neutron star.

• Nova

• Type I Supernova

• Type II Supernova

• X-Ray Burst

Which of the following is a remnant of a dying star?

• White Dwarfs

• Neutron stars

• Black holes

• All of these

The primary method for identifying a black hole is...

• observe them directly through a space-based telescope

• Look for voids (holes) in the star field

• Look for their effects on nearby companions

• Search for radio waves from the accretion disk

The escape velocity in a black hole is

• Zero

• Unknown

• the speed of light

• greater than the speed of light

Tags

NGSS.HS-PS2-4