Parts of Stars
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100

The innermost part of a star.

What is the core?

100

The place where stars are "born".

What is a nebula?

100

The force that holds stars together.

What is gravity?

100

The type of light used in night vision goggles.

What is infrared light?

100
The most dense thing a star can become.

What is a black hole?

200

The outermost layer of a star.

What is the corona?

200

The stage in a star's life where it grows massively.

What is a red giant?
200
A process in which a star generates energy.

What is nuclear fusion?

200

The most dangerous form of radiation.

What are gamma rays?

200

An event in which the sun's corona is clearly visible.

What is a solar eclipse? 

300

The layer of a star that can be seen.

What is the photosphere?

300

The first stage in a star's life where it collects mass.

What is a protostar?

300

The properties of a star that allow it to preform nuclear fusion.

What are heat and density?
300

The type of light that causes sunburns.

What is ultraviolet radiation?

300

Another name for low mass stars.

What is a red dwarf?

400
The layer of a star where energy radiates outward.
What is the radiative zone?
400

The stage of an average mass star when it stops preforming nuclear fusion.

What is a white dwarf?

400

The element that, when formed, leads to star death.

What is iron?

400

The type of light with the longest wavelengths.

What are radio waves?

400

Huge eruptions visible on the surface of a star.

What are solar flares?

500

The layer of a star that transports heat.

What is the conductive zone?

500

The final stage in the life of an average mass star.

What is a black dwarf?
500

The process in which new elements are formed.

What is nucleosynthesis?

500

The visible color with the longest wavelength.

What is red?

500

The name of the darker, cooler areas on the surface of a star.

What are sun spots?

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