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The layer of the sun that radiates
most of the light that reaches Earth
is the ____.
Sunspots appear dark because they
are ____.
Where are stars born?
photosphere
relatively cool
nebula
The outermost layer of the sun is
called the ____.
Nuclear fusion combines hydrogen
atoms into ____.
What is the name of a newly born
star?
corona
helium
protostar
Which part of the sun lies directly
above the visible “surface” of the
sun and gives the sun its color?
The source of the sun’s energy is
____.
What is the name of a dead star that
no longer gives off light?
chromosphere
nuclear fusion
black dwarf
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What is the name of an adult star?
What is the name of an old aged
star that has become unstable?
Stars of which color have the
coolest surface temperature?
main sequence star
variable star
red
What is the name of a dying star
that has shrunk down to the size of
a planet and no longer supports
fusion?
The sun’s surface is made up
mostly of ____.
Which magnitude would be
associated with the brightest star?
A.
15
C.
5
B.
10
D.
–5
white dwarf
hydrogen
–5
What is the name of a middle aged
star?
Stars of which color have the
highest surface temperature?
A Hertzsprung-Russell (H-R)
diagram shows the relationship
between ____.
red giant
blue
temperature and luminosity
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About 90 percent of stars on the HR diagram are ____.
Which force is most responsible for
the formation of a star?
All stars, regardless of size,
eventually ____.
main-sequence stars
gravity
run out of fuel and collapse
Another name for the interstellar
matter that will eventually form a
star is ____.
In the Milky Way, the most
abundant gas is ____ which is also
the element that fuses first to make
a star.
In the cores of extremely hot red
giants, nuclear reactions fuse
elements down to ____ on the
periodic table.
nebula
hydrogen
iron
A star is said to be born when
____.
Massive stars terminate in a
brilliant explosion called a ____.
Before being engulfed, matter that
is pulled into a black hole should
become very hot and emit ____.
a protostar reaches a temperature
high enough for nuclear fusion to
begin
supernova
X-rays
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When a main-sequence star has
exhausted the fuel in its core and it
expands, it becomes a ____.
What will be the final stage in the
sun’s life cycle?
Where is our sun located in the
Milky Way?
red giant
black dwarf
within one of the spiral arms
The sun is a ____.
Light cannot escape the intense
gravitational pull of a ____.
What are the types of galaxies?
main-sequence star
black hole
spiral
Irregular
elliptical
What is the next stage in the sun’s
life cycle?
Our galaxy is called the ____.
Nuclear fusion takes place in the
sun’s ________?
red giant
Milky Way
core
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The number of sunspots on the sun
varies in a cycle of ________
years.
11
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