Life Cycle of a Star
What is the first stage of a stars life?
Stellar Nebula
What type of star is the sun?
Average Star
What element do stars fuse?
What color is the coolest star?
Red
What is the largest star?
UY Scuti
What is one of the two final stages of a Massive Stars life?
Neutron Star or Black Hole
What will happen when the Sun turns into a Red Giant?
The Sun will expand and engulf all of the inner planets, including Earth.
What fuses with Carbon to make Oxygen?
Helium
What are all of the Spectral Classes?
O,B,A,F,G,K and M
What type of stars send out radio waves?
Proton Star
What stage of it's life is the Sun in?
Main Sequence
When will the Sun turn into a Red Giant?
Approximatly 5 billion years.
What two elements fuse to create Silicon?
Carbon and Oxygen
What class is the hottest star?
How many stars are there in the galaxy?
Too many to count
What is the stage of life after a Red Giant?
Planetary Nebula
What did the Sun (and all other stars) come from?
Stellar Nebula and Planetary Nebula
What is it called when stars start to create elements?
Nuclear Fusion
Blue
What is at the center of the Milky Way?
Black Hole
What causes a supernova?
The collapse of a a Red Supergiant under it's own gravity, causing a massive explosion
What spectral class is the Sun?
G-class star.
What makes Iron?
Two Silicon atoms
What Spectral Class is Betelgeuse? (Hint: Red Supergiant)
Class M
Alpha Centauri