Star Birth
What is a Nebula
What happens when a star runs out of fuel?
The star dies and then follows a procedure to follow a path to its final form depending on its size.
How does a supernova occur?
A Red supergiant runs out of fuel, cools down, swells out, and then explodes.
What type of star is the sun?
Average star
If a star is coming towards you will it have a red or blue shift in its light?
A blue shift
The earliest stage in a stars life
What is a protostar?
What is a black hole?
An area in space where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape.
What happens after a Red supergiant dies with a super large amount of mass?
A black hole is formed
What will our star become right before it dies?
What is a Red Giant
Will our sun turn into a black hole when it dies?
No
The element that is formed when two hydrogen atoms fuse in a star.
What is Helium
Which star has a longer life span, a massive star or a smaller star?
What happens when a Red supergiant dies with insufficient mass to form a black hole.
A neutron star is formed
What happens to a red giant when It dies
It becomes a white dwarf
Are neutron stars bigger than white dwarfs?
Neutron stars are smaller than white dwarfs.
What are Massive stars?
What happens to a red supergiant after it dies?
It explodes into a supernova.
How long do Red Supergiants live for?
A few hundred thousand years.
What happens when a white dwarf runs out of light
It becomes a Black dwarf.
What is nuclear fusion?
The process where atoms fuse or combine to create heavier atoms and elements.
DAILY DOUBLE: What are the two forces that keep a star from either expanding or collapsing to much?
What are pressure and gravity?
What are neutron stars mostly made of?
what are Nuetrons
What element is the last element to be build up in a red supergiants core?
Iron
About how long do average size stars last?
Several billion years
What is the most common element in the Universe
What is Hydrogen