Star Groups
Types of Galaxies
Characteristics of a Star
The Life Cycle of a Star
Miscellaneous
100
The spiral galaxy that we live in.
What is the Milky Way?
100
This type of galaxy is a round or flat disc.
What is an elliptical galaxy
100
a massive ball of plasma that emits light and electromagnetic energy throughout the universe.
What is a star?
100
Nuclear fusion occurs and a ____ is born.
What is a protostar
100
The amount of light that a star gives off.
What is Brightness?
200
A large group of billions of stars in empty space.
What is a galaxy?
200
These galaxies have no orderly shape and are new "baby" galaxies
What is an irregular galaxy
200
This star is the coolest.
What is a red star?
200
Most of a star's "life" is spent as this
What is a main sequence star
200
Why stars burn
What is Nuclear Fusion?
300
The areas of dust and gases in galaxies
What is a Nebulae?
300
These galaxies are middle aged and have arms that spiral from the center
What is a spiral galaxy
300
This star is the hottest star.
What is a blue star?
300
This diagram shows the relationship of a stars magnitude to its temperature
What is a HR Scale
300
distance measured from a star
What is a light year?
400
A group of stars that is smaller than a galaxy
What is a star cluster?
400
a large group of billions of stars in empty space
What is a galaxy
400
The smallest stars
What is a neutron star?
400
these stars are 100 times larger than our sun
What is a massive star
400
A red dwarf star called Proxima Centauri
What is the closest star to us? (Besides the sun)
500
The remnants of a supernova.
What is the Crab Nebula?
500
the "M" and number found with space objects stands for...
What is Messier Object
500
a star's apparent shift in position over a period of time
What is parallax?
500
the way that a star "dies" depends on how ____ the star initially is.
What is massive
500
4.8
What is the absolute magnitude of the Sun?