Life Cycle
Life Cycle II
Fusion
Review
Miscellaneous
100
neutron star and black hole
What are the last stages of a massive star?
100
stages that all stars have in common
What are nebula, protostar, and main sequence?
100
fusion is located where in the atom
What is the nucleus?
100
spectra of stars are shifted towards this color when they are moving closer
What is blue?
100
color of the hottest star
What is blue?
200
as it starts spinning, it becomes smaller
What is a nebula?
200
stars with the greatest mass can fuse all elements up to
What is iron?
200
deuterium and tritium form
What is helium?
200
astronomical unit
What is the distance from the Earth to the Sun?
200
two forces that affect a star
What are fusion and gravity?
300
stage before white dwarf
What is red giant?
300
after a white dwarf cools completely
What is a black dwarf?
300
this happens to mass ONLY in nuclear fusion
What is "it changes into energy"?
300
Einstein's explanation of gravity
What is the spacetime continuum?
300
evidence that the universe is expanding
What is the red shift?
400
at the end of main sequence
What is the star runs out of hydrogen?
400
explosive stage
What is supernova?
400
fusion of this takes energy
What is iron?
400
travels at the speed of light
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
400
luminosity and surface temperature
What is the Hertzsprung-Russell diagram?
500
produces all the elements not made in the Big Bang or in the red giant stage
What is supernova?
500
gravity wins for the last time in a medium-sized star
What is the white dwarf stage?
500
fusion reaction that makes a star a star
What is fusing hydrogen to helium?
500
As wavelength decreases, _______ increases.
What is frequency?
500
cloud of gas around a dying star
What is a planetary nebula?
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