Stars Properties
Primary element that stars are mainly composed of
What is Hydrogen?
Next stage of a star after it exhausts its nuclear fuel in the core
What is Red Giant/Supergiant?
One thing we humans have going for us
What is Intelligence?
By definition, stars are huge spheres of this
What is plasma?
The same atoms your body is made of came from
What is the violent, death of a massive star?
True or False - Stars emit light and heat due to nuclear fusion reactions happening in their cores.
True
Final stage of a low to medium mass star's life cycle
What is White Dwarf?
Destiny of stars
What is to collapse?
We refer to our star system as this
What is Solar System?
Your teacher will only ask you this twice before you need to leave my class.
What is BE QUIET?
Astronomers use this to measure the brightness of stars
What is a magnitude scale?
The stage where a massive star end its life in a massive explosion
What is Supernova?
Name of the brightest star in the night sky
What is Sirius?
Closest star system to us
What is Alpha Centauri?
What is their own gravity?
Main factor that determines a star's lifespan
What is its mass?
This is left behind after a Supernova explosion in the case of a very massive star
What is a Black Hole?
How often does supernova explode in our galaxy?
About once per century
Stars are born here
What is nebulae?
A star system with more than one star
What is a binary star system?
Name for the process when a star collapses under gravity after its nuclear fuel is exhausted
What is Supernova?
The ultimate fate of a star with a mass several times that of the Sun
What is Black Hole Formation?
Powerful explosion, makes a supernova seem like a firecracker by comparison
What is hypernova?
A nebula will form many stars, it is often called this
What is stellar nursery?
We're made by this
What is the atoms and stars?