Stars
Quiz by Larissa Kolicheski
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- Q1A large cloud of gas and dust in spaceNebula30s
- Q2The process that brings brings hydrogen atoms together to form helium atoms; gives off heat and light to form a starNuclear fusion30s
- Q3A contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star; earliest stage of a star's lifeProtostar30s
- Q4The blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into spaceWhite dwarf30s
- Q5The explosion of a dying supergiant starSupernova30s
- Q6A small, dense star that is created after a supernova explosion of a high-mass starNeutron star30s
- Q7A spinning neutron star that gives off radio wavesPulsar30s
- Q8An object in space with gravity so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape itBlack hole30s
- Q9The brightness of a star as seen from EarthApparent brightness30s
- Q10The brightness a star would have if it were a standard distance from EarthAbsolute brightness30s
- Q11A device that breaks light into colors and produces an image of the spectrumSpectrograph30s
- Q12Nebula - Protostar - Main sequence star - Red giant - Planetary nebula - White dwarf - Black dwarfProgression of a low or medium-mass star30s
- Q13Nebula - Protostar - Main sequence star - Supergiant - Supernova - Neutron star or Black holeProgression of a high-mass star30s
- Q14Up to 200 billion yearsLife span of low-mass stars30s
- Q15About 10 billion yearsLife span of medium-mass stars30s