Life Cycle of Stars Vocabulary

If our Sun died out, what would it become?

• Pulsar

• White dwarf

• Black hole

• Neutron Star

Where are stars "born"?

• from the sun

• in a nebula

• in a supernova

• in a white dwarf

When a medium mass star begins to run out of fuel, what does it become?

• mad star

• red dwarf

• red giant

• supergiant

What does a low mass star become when it runs out of fuel?

• white dwarf

• black hole

• neutron star

• pulsar

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

Label the graphic organizer

a

b

c

d

e

f

supernova

black dwarf

white dwarf

black hole

protostar

planetary nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

A​ (a)   uses hydrogen as fuel. When it starts to burn out, it swells and becomes a ​ ​ (b)   . Then it shrinks and becomes a ​ (c)   . Some very large main sequence stars become​ ​ (d)   . This type of star is much larger than our sun. Some of these stars explode and become ​ (e)   .

• main sequence star

• red giant

• white dwarf

• supergiants

• supernovas

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-1

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

What is the name of the explosion at the death of a massive star?

• Supergiant

• Supernova

• Black Hole

• Nebula

Tags

NGSS.HS-ESS1-3

How will most of the stars in the Milky Way end their lives?

• as red giants

• as white dwarfs

• as a black hole

• as a supernova

A star is born when:

• nuclear fusion starts

• a nebula becomes a protostar

• gases in a nebula condense

• hydrogen is used up in fusion processes

When the core of a Red Giant collapses it becomes a:

• White Dwarf

• Supernova

• Red Supergiant

• Black Hole