Parts of Stars
The innermost part of a star.
What is the core?
The place where stars are "born".
What is a nebula?
The force that holds stars together.
What is gravity?
The type of light used in night vision goggles.
What is infrared light?
What is a black hole?
The outermost layer of a star.
What is the corona?
The stage in a star's life where it grows massively.
What is nuclear fusion?
The most dangerous form of radiation.
What are gamma rays?
An event in which the sun's corona is clearly visible.
What is a solar eclipse?
The layer of a star that can be seen.
What is the photosphere?
The first stage in a star's life where it collects mass.
What is a protostar?
The properties of a star that allow it to preform nuclear fusion.
The type of light that causes sunburns.
What is ultraviolet radiation?
Another name for low mass stars.
What is a red dwarf?
The stage of an average mass star when it stops preforming nuclear fusion.
What is a white dwarf?
The element that, when formed, leads to star death.
What is iron?
The type of light with the longest wavelengths.
What are radio waves?
Huge eruptions visible on the surface of a star.
What are solar flares?
The layer of a star that transports heat.
What is the conductive zone?
The final stage in the life of an average mass star.
The process in which new elements are formed.
What is nucleosynthesis?
The visible color with the longest wavelength.
What is red?
The name of the darker, cooler areas on the surface of a star.
What are sun spots?